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If they want to do a little revenge on a world that seems hell bent on driving humanity off a cliff, “Do Revenge” offers some clever entertainment for the ride. The two collaborated on the 2016 MTV comedy “Sweet/Vicious,” a college rape revenge comedy that predated “Promising Young Woman” by a few years. It’s nice to see Robinson and Ballard get another shot at the vigilante genre in “Do Revenge,” though they’ve traded violence for more psychological tortures. [Maya Hawke](https://www.indiewire.com/t/maya-hawke/) (“Stranger Things”) as two unlikely allies in a battle for teen justice, “Do Revenge” is a funny feminist take on the mainstream high school comedy. “I’m Frankenstein, and you’re Frankenstein’s bad bitch.” The plan is to infiltrate Max’s friend group in order to humiliate them and prove once and for all that the founder of the “Cis Hetero Men Championing Women Identifying Students League” is full of shit. If two-faced men’s rights groups and psychedelic mushroom stings seem a little ridiculous, it’s all part of the sickly fun and games of “Do Revenge,” a quippy romp through the steely cunning of that universally feared group: teenage girls.

Hairstylist Katie Ballard on the '90s-inspired aesthetic she crafted alongside the film's stars.

“It’s not a word that I used a lot until this film, but it’s basically just not a hair out of place,” says Ballard, who used “As I sat and chatted with Maya, the references that came up were actually her mom, Uma, and Taylor Swift,” says Ballard of what became “the most interesting part” of designing each character’s style. “If you picture a really slicked, high 40-inch pony, that’s the epitome of the ‘snatched’ look.” A long brunette version that matched her natural hair color during her “awkward” phase in the beginning, and a bright blonde that Ballard notes represents her “coming into her power.” Hawke and Ballard referenced the iconic Pulp Fiction bob that Uma Thurman wore for the latter, but this time in a Swift-level shade of blonde designed by wig artist Robert Miller-Navarre. Directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, Do Revenge reimagines the familiar thrill of a plot-driven makeover scene. In the dark comedy, Hawke plays Eleanor, a wealthy outcast who comes together with Mendes’s character Drea, an insider experiencing a fall from social grace, all at the expense of their prep school enemies.

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But it’s kind of hard to detect, like I feel like the bullshit meter is going off the charts on a lot of these people. Director Robinson added, “When I came up with this concept, I knew it was going to be a beta and an alpha,” citing Eleanor and Drea’s dynamic. “This messy rollercoaster leads to just accepting that there is there is no quick fix, like there is nothing that is going to immediately heal you. “It’s kind of the intersection of performative gender and performative feminist allyship. “I do remember talking to my dad, asking for recommendations for villain movies, and he did he told me to watch ‘Hud’ with Paul Newman, which I ended up watching, and he is such an unlikable character,” Hawke said. I don’t think Eleanor has a barbed-wire soul, but I think there’s a time in which Eleanor thinks she has a barbed-wire soul and is very judgmental of herself,” Hawke said. But I think the twist is what to me makes it feel like gives it that unique special sauce.” I think Eleanor, throughout the movie and through the relationship with Drea, starts feeling less broken in the end.” “And I feel like men are often given a lot more [permission to be unlikable](https://www.indiewire.com/2022/09/do-revenge-sarah-michelle-gellar-cruel-intentions-sequel-1234763002/), but to still be lovable. Well, we might not immediately think of Marlon Brando or [Paul Newman](https://www.indiewire.com/t/paul-newman/) as inspirations for a Hitchcockian ode to classic ’90s teen dramedies, but we are not Hollywood royalty, [Maya Hawke](https://www.indiewire.com/t/maya-hawke/). [told IndieWire](https://www.indiewire.com/2022/09/maya-hawke-stranger-things-season-5-impacted-do-revenge-1234762811/). Eleanor gets schooled by “revenge mommy” Drea, played by Camila Mendes — but Eleanor has more than a few twists up her sleeve.

Jennifer Kaytin Robinson describes Hitchcock's classic “Strangers on a Train” as one source of inspiration for “Do Revenge,” which stars Camila Mendes, Maya ...

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