Release Date
July 29, 2022
DVD Release Date
September 20, 2022 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
B.J. Novak
Writer
B.J. Novak
Cast
Issa Rae, Ashton Kutcher, Sarah Minnich, Dove Cameron, B.J. Novak
Studio
Running Time
94 minutes
MPA Rating
Rated R for language and brief violence
Ben Manalowtiz (B.J. Novak) is an aspiring podcaster in search of a story. When the body of a woman he’d been hooking up with is discovered in an oil field, he stumbles onto exactly the sort of true-crime tale that could make his career. Traveling from New York to West Texas to investigate her death, the confident Ben quickly finds himself in over his head attempting to navigate a wildly unfamiliar culture, but he also... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
In Vengeance, BJ Novak’s character from “The Office” travels to a remote Texas town to pretend to investigate the death (murder?) of a girl he once hooked up with but otherwise doesn’t remember. Not really funny, not quite a thriller, and certainly no drama, Novak, in his feature-length directorial debut, delivers a mildly alluring little story but also one that by not fitting cleanly into any one genre, doesn’t really make much of a mark.
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