Vengeance (2022 film)

Vengeance
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Directed by	B. J. Novak
Written by	B. J. Novak
Produced by	Jason Blum Greg Gilreath Adam Hendricks
Starring	B. J. Novak Boyd Holbrook J. Smith-Cameron Lio Tipton Dove Cameron Issa Rae Ashton Kutcher
Cinematography	Lyn Moncrief
Edited by	Andy Canny Hilda Rasula Plummy Tucker
Music by	Finneas O'Connell
Production companies	Blumhouse Productions Divide/Conquer
Distributed by	Focus Features (United States) Universal Pictures (International)
Release dates	June 12, 2022 (2022-06-12) (Tribeca) July 29, 2022 (2022-07-29) (United States)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$4.4 million[1]

Vengeance is a 2022 American black comedy mystery film written and directed by B. J. Novak in his directorial debut. It stars Novak, Boyd Holbrook, J. Smith-Cameron, Lio Tipton, Dove Cameron, Issa Rae and Ashton Kutcher. Jason Blum is a producer under his Blumhouse Productions banner, and Greg Gilreath and Adam Hendricks are producers under their Divide/Conquer banner. The film follows Ben Manalowitz (Novak), a journalist from New York City who travels to Texas to attend the funeral of a girl (Tipton) he hooked up with and is coerced by her brother (Holbrook) to investigate her death.

Vengeance premiered at the Tribeca Festival on June 12, 2022, and was released in the United States on July 29, 2022 by Focus Features. It received generally favorable reviews from critics.