Do Revenge

What’s it about?

Drea’s (Camila Mendes) life is destroyed when her boyfriend shares her ‘sex tape’ without her consent. She teams up with Eleanor (Maya Hawke), the new girl at school, and they help each other get revenge on their enemies – but the question is, who is the real enemy?

The facts

• Directed by Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
• English language
• Runtime: 1 hour and 58 minutes

Why did it get this rating?

This film was self-rated by Netflix. You can find out more about self-rating by streaming providers here.

Drug use

The film shows young people taking drugs, including cannabis, psychoactive mushrooms, and cocaine, and references to the drug ‘K’. A student grows mushrooms and cannabis in the school garden. The drug use is not the focus of the story but is glamourised.

Offensive language

Offensive language is used throughout such as ‘c*nt’, ‘motherf*cker’, ‘f**k’, and ‘f**king’. This ranges from characters using this language affectionately to aggressively.

Sexual violence

Drea’s sex tape is spread across school without her consent. She is humiliated, left friendless and wants to take down the person who released it. Nothing is shown in detail of the sex tape.

This could be upsetting for people who have suffered from similar privacy breaches and humiliation.

Sexual themes

A chaarcter pretends to enjoy receiving oral sex, making moaning sounds. Her boyfriend’s head is under the covers but there is no movement or suggestive detail. Sexual references range from comments about Drea’s ‘sex tape’ to comments about ‘eating ass’.

Sex between charcters does occur, but it happens off-screen.

Further information

• Why are ratings and content warnings important for me and my whānau?
• What are the Bare Facts? – Netsafe
• What’s really going on there? Bullying IRL vs on-screen - Blog