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  1. Jul 29, 2022 · A fitfully successful satire on modern America, with a dark heart.

  2. Jul 28, 2022 · Vengeance,” while earnest, thoughtful and quite funny in spots, demonstrates just how difficult it can be to turn political polarization and culture-war hostility into a credible narrative.

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  3. Writer-director-star B.J. Novak could have taken a sharper approach to this dark comedy's deeper themes, but if you're in the mood for a slyly smart mystery, Vengeance is yours. Read Critics...

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  4. Jun 14, 2022 · At the risk of damning an impressively strong debut with faint praise, B.J. Novak’s “Vengeance” is perhaps the best possible movie someone could make out of a murder-mystery that starts with ...

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    Stephanie Zacharek of Timecredited Novak with perfectly inhabiting the role of a millennial stereotype. Michael O’Sullivan of the Washington Postimplored readers to see “Vengeance,” giving it 3 1/2 stars (out of 4) and praising Novak for his wit. In her review forThe Boston Globe, Natalia Winkelmanpraised Novak for his self-satirizing streak and fo...

    Entertainment Weekly’s Leah Greenblattacknowledged that some of Novak’s jokes landed, but suggested they grew tiresome over the course of the film. In the New York Times, A.O. Scottcredits Novak for taking a big swing at trenchant cultural commentary, but suggests that the filmmaker’s work is “not quite as smart as it thinks it is.”

    Sarah Hagi of the Globe and Mailwrote that “Vengeance” would have worked better if Novak hadn’t cast himself as the lead character and thus felt it necessary to somewhat redeem the protagonist. Benjamin Lee of The Guardianwrote that the characters of “Vengeance” are “cartoonish,” and that its overall message was muddled due to a scattershot approac...

  5. Jun 13, 2022 · Focus Features. B.J. Novak ’s “ Vengeance,” which premiered last night at the Tribeca Film Festival (it opens July 29), is an irresistible original — a heady, jaunty, witty-as-they-come tall tale...

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  7. Jul 29, 2022 · Vengeance is a small but ambitious film, and the murder mystery is its weakest element: Novak has so many threads going that he doesn’t quite know how to tie them up. But he’s made a shrewd satire that’s a pleasure to watch.

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