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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Richard Roeper

‘Do Revenge’: Pranks too cruel, stars too old in Netflix high school movie

Prep school pariah Drea (Camilla Mendes, left) and new arrival Eleanor (Maya Hawke) vow to take down each other’s rivals in “Do Revenge.” (Kim Simms/Netflix)

The long and sometimes hilariously obvious record of actors who are way too old to be playing high schoolers includes some of the cast members of films such as “Grease,” “Clueless,” “Mean Girls,” “The Amazing Spider-Man” and “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” and series such as “Glee,” “Gilmore Girls,” “Friday Night Lights” and “Euphoria” — and we can now add the Netflix original film “Do Revenge” to the list, as virtually everyone with a speaking role in this movie looks like they should be getting ready for their 10-year reunion rather than senior year.

Meet the Class of, I guess 2023:

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