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  1. 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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      Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 25, 2024. Maxance...

  2. Jul 29, 2022 · Too much, probably. The story begins in earnest when New Yorker writer and aspiring public intellectual Ben Manalowitz (Novak) gets a call at his Manhattan apartment late one night from Ty Shaw (Boyd Holbrook), who lives in one of the flattest backwaters in West Texas, a small town five hours’ drive from Abilene, which is two hours and forty ...

  3. 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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  4. Jun 13, 2022 · In “Vengeance,” B.J. Novak proves a born storyteller with the rare gift of using a film to say something that intoxicates us.

  5. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 25, 2024. Maxance Vincent InSession Film. Even with a flawed story and some underdeveloped characters, Vengeance shines through a hilarious script and a...

  6. 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 ...

  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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