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Watch: Vengeance 2022 123movies, Full Movie Online – A writer from New York City attempts to solve the murder of a girl he hooked up with and travels down south to investigate the circumstances of her death and discover what happened to her..
Plot: A journalist and podcaster from New York City travels to West Texas in order to report on the death of a girl he was hooking up with.
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Ratings:

	6.8/10 Votes: 15,303
	81% | RottenTomatoes
	65/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 134 Popularity: 16.366 | TMDB

Reviews:

**Vengeance is a decent movie with big questions, funny moments, and endearing characters that loses itself in trying to do too many things all at once.**

Vengeance wears a lot of hats (or stetsons, I guess). It begins as comedy, then social and political commentary, murder whodunit, and existential evaluation. Growing up in a small western town made parts of the story even more endearing and slightly offensive. The Whataburger and football jokes are 100% true in the heartland of the USA. Thankfully, the lead character’s judgmental tone when he first arrives in this tiny Texas town shifts as he develops respect and affection for the people he interviews and befriends. Vengeance tries to be many things and gets messy in parts where it tries to be a little too clever, but there are parts where it pulls it off as well. I enjoyed where the story ended as the lead finds purpose and family after facing the reality of his own emptiness, loneliness, and pretentiousness. I appreciate what this movie was trying to do with its pursuit of truth and meaning, but it probably tried a little too hard, leaving me with an unsatisfied feeling as the credits rolled.

When “Ben Manalowitz” (auteur B J Novak) gets a phone call, he leaves his New York home to travel to a remote desert community to find out what happened to a girl he had once hooked up with. Upon arrival he realises that this could be the subject for a serious podcast and so sets out to find her killer – at the behest of her brother “Ty” (Boyd Holbrook) – and simultaneously to offer an analysis of just how these folks live their lives – such a contrast to the style of fast-paced urban dwelling he is used to, and manna from heaven to his producer “Eloise” (Issa Rae). The storyline itself is rather procedural, but there is a decent degree of humour in this film – especially starting with the man-to-man chat at the top of the film which shows neither in a particularly good light. Thereafter some sparingly entertaining contributions from Ashton Kutcher help ginger this along in a sort of film noir style. The quirkiness of the townsfolk’s real existence – centred largely around a burger bar; the characterful personalities and an equally effective score from Finneas O’Connell all help to generate a decently paced and quite compelling mystery that I found myself drawn into more than I was expecting. Novak isn’t a great actor, but the writing – ultimately offering us an opportunity to evaluate his character and his flaws as much as of anyone else; the developing scenarios and the whole sense of mischief here do most of the heavy lifting allowing us to enjoy the concept without necessarily having to appreciate the acting scene by scene. I really did rather like the ending too.

I Wanted to Talk about This Movie after It Was Over
“Vengeance” 2022 is an intelligent, interesting movie that I felt compelled to talk about immediately after it finished. Mind: when I say that “Vengeance” is an intelligent, interesting movie, I am *not* saying that it is pretentious, or that it goes out of its way to be difficult to understand, or that people dressed entirely in black in Manhattan will brag about sitting through it. This is not a movie trying to be intelligent. This is a movie that is intelligent.

“Vengeance” is *not* a chore to watch. I laughed out loud several times, I also had to close my eyes tight during a suspenseful scene, and I cared about Abby, a Texas girl from a very small town who ended up dead. The movie felt so real to me that I wondered throughout if it were based on something that actually happened to the film’s writer, director, and star, B. J. Novak.

“Vengeance” includes some plot twists, and it defies genre boundaries, so it’s hard to give much information without spoiling it. Abby, a wannabe singer from a small Texas town, dies. Her brother phones Ben, a journalist living in New York City, and invites him to Abby’s funeral. Ben travels to Texas and realizes he is in a world very different from the one he inhabits in Manhattan. He decides to produce a podcast entitled “Dead White Girl.” His topics and themes will include the big divides in America and the opioid crisis. And much more than that, I can’t say.

Again, I laughed out loud several times in this movie. The humor is so deadpan and dry I think viewers not paying attention might not get it. I also cared about how the movie presented the cultural divide between Ben and Abby’s family.

The opening scene is two guys talking about their sex lives, which consist of casual hook-ups with no commitment. Novak has said that much of it was improvised, and there is a 17 minute version he will release eventually. Novak’s interlocutor is John Mayer, a musician known for having had lots of hook ups. I walked into the theater not knowing much about BJ Novak and knowing nothing about John Mayer and I was able to enjoy this scene.

Ashton Kutcher, as Quentin Sellers – note the last name – a music producer in Marfa, Texas, gives a performance I would sit through the entire movie again to watch. Kutcher is mesmerizing. He gives not one but two speeches I really need to hear again. One is about sound; the other is about … well just go watch the movie.

Issa Rae, a very beautiful woman, plays the part of Ben’s producer. Her role and her performance are weak spots in the movie. She doesn’t come across as a hardnosed, demanding, producer/editor. She comes across as the sweet and bubbly, eager to please lead in a romantic comedy, which she may play someday. Ben phones her from Texas; she listens to his recordings. The Academy now requires movies to include a certain percentage of non-white performers to be considered for awards. It’s possible Issa Rae is in the film for that reason. That’s unfortunate. Her role could have been more sharply written, so that she wasn’t just the token non-white woman in the film.

Terry Gross, host of the NPR show “Fresh Air,” provides a cameo voice.

A Film Unlike Any Other
‘Vengeance’ is a film unlike any other. And I mean that in the best possible way. Just when the viewer thinks he or she understands the film and / or knows where it’s going, the film changes direction. And with each change, the stakes increase, the tension as well, and the viewer is more caught up.

The film’s Director / Screenwriter, BJ Novak (creator of the American TV Series ‘The Office’), is also its star. He does an entirely credible job as a cynical New York City writer / reporter Ben Malakowitz who, through a case of mistaken understandings, becomes involved with a West Texas family mourning the loss of its beloved daughter / sister. The Novak character looks down his nose at the Texas good-ol’ boys and girls, until he finds himself emotionally linked to their lives. The cast is great, but a particular standout is Ashton Kutcher as a brilliant Texas record-producer. Issa Rae as Ben’s editor is lovely when she has to be, tough when necessary.

But if you think this is where the tale is going – city guy learns to love country life – you are wrong wrong wrong. It would be a terrible disservice to you and the film to disclose anything further. What I can say is that each time the film appears to be at its end, it’s actually just beginning a whole new chapter. And you will be glad that you stayed through to its end.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 47 min (107 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 4225720
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Director B.J. Novak
Writer B.J. Novak
Actors B.J. Novak, Boyd Holbrook, Lio Tipton
Country United States
Awards 1 win
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