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19 of the worst, most cringeworthy moments in Netflix's 'Do Revenge'

19 of the worst, most cringeworthy moments in Netflix's 'Do Revenge'
Camila Mendes and Maya Hawke star in "Do Revenge."Kim Simms/Netflix

The headmaster punishes Drea for punching Max but is unconcerned about the intimate video of her that was leaked.

The headmaster punishes Drea for punching Max but is unconcerned about the intimate video of her that was leaked.
Sarah Michelle Gellar in "Do Revenge."      Netflix

Drea punches Max after he leaks an intimate video of her to the whole school and claims that he got hacked.

The headmaster puts Drea on probation and assigns her community service, but does nothing to punish Max — citing there's not enough evidence that he was the one who leaked the video.

The headmaster also doesn't help Drea get the video taken down or investigate it at all.

Drea is still a minor when it happens, making the video child pornography. But the headmaster never offers to get the authorities involved and does nothing to punish the students who are viewing and sharing the video.

Drea plants drugs on Erica because she thinks she shared the video of her.

Drea plants drugs on Erica because she thinks she shared the video of her.
Sophie Turner in "Do Revenge."      Netflix

When Drea thinks Erica shared the video of her with other girls at tennis camp, Drea plants cocaine on her.

Erica is kicked out of tennis camp, loses her scholarship to Stanford, and ends up developing a genuine cocaine addiction.

There's no explanation for where Drea got cocaine from, and Drea never faces any consequences for pretty much ruining Erica's life.

Eleanor and Drea both "primal scream" in the car.

Eleanor and Drea both "primal scream" in the car.
Maya Hawke in "Do Revenge."      Netflix

After they meet for the first time, Eleanor offers to drive Drea home from tennis camp.

While explaining a bit of her backstory, Eleanor randomly screams in frustration, telling Drea it's a therapeutic "primal scream." But it seems like a bit of a dangerous activity to be doing while driving.

Eleanor then insists that Drea screams, even after she says several times that she doesn't want to.

Carissa evidently left a used DivaCup in the school cafeteria.

Carissa evidently left a used DivaCup in the school cafeteria.
Ava Capri in "Do Revenge."      Netflix

When Gabbi gives Eleanor a tour of Rosehill, she fills Eleanor in on the reputations of some of their classmates.

She mentions that Carissa once left a DivaCup full of her period blood in the school cafeteria to protest the school not going vegan.

That's pretty unsanitary, especially for someone looking to break into the culinary world.

Max reminds the entire school of Drea's leaked video while announcing his new "feminist" club.

Max reminds the entire school of Drea
Austin Abrams in "Do Revenge."      Netflix

During Max's announcement at the beginning of the school year, he has Drea stand up and reminds the entire school about the intimate video that was leaked last year.

None of the school's faculty members interrupt this and there are never any consequences for him bringing this up.

He also only brought up the incident to announce that he's starting a problematic "Cis Hetero Men Championing Female Identifying Students League."

The girls call the teen-movie makeover trope problematic before proceeding with it anyway.

The girls call the teen-movie makeover trope problematic before proceeding with it anyway.
Camila Mendes and Maya Hawke in "Do Revenge."      Netflix

When Drea suggests giving Eleanor a makeover (reminiscent of many teen flicks of the 1990s and 2000s), Eleanor calls the idea problematic.

Drea agrees, but the two continue with the makeover anyway.

The movie is willing to point out that there are issues with this popular trope but doesn't do much to improve upon it.

Drea and Eleanor call each other "Revenge Mommy" throughout the movie.

Drea and Eleanor call each other "Revenge Mommy" throughout the movie.
Camila Mendes as Drea in "Do Revenge."      Netflix

Drea refers to herself as "Revenge Mommy" to Eleanor when she starts putting the plans together.

Despite the look Eleanor gives her the first time this happens, Eleanor eventually claims this title for herself as well.

The girls use it as a term of endearment throughout the rest of the movie.

Eleanor and Drea list increasingly disturbing things they want the headmaster to do to them.

Eleanor and Drea list increasingly disturbing things they want the headmaster to do to them.
Maya Hawke as Eleanor and Camila Mendes as Drea.      Netflix

Drea and Eleanor both admire their headmaster, and they discuss this by listing violent things they want the headmaster to do to them.

Eleanor starts this by saying she wants the headmaster to hit and back over her with her car.

Drea then says she wants the headmaster to create a stuffed taxidermy version of her to mount on her wall.

The girls end the conversation after Eleanor says she wants the headmaster to hide her body and then start a search party looking for her.

Drea drugs the entire senior class.

Drea drugs the entire senior class.
Camila Mendes in "Do Revenge."      Netflix

Drea and Eleanor discover that Carissa has been growing various drugs in the school's greenhouse.

They decide to spike the senior-ring-ceremony dinner, which Carissa cooked, with hallucinogenic mushrooms from the garden to get Carissa in trouble.

The plan works and Carissa is expelled. But it meant the entire senior class was drugged against their will.

Drea and Eleanor leak text messages from a bunch of girls at the school even though Drea knows how damaging that can be.

Drea and Eleanor leak text messages from a bunch of girls at the school even though Drea knows how damaging that can be.
Talia Ryder plays Gabbi in "Do Revenge."      Netflix

While executing her part of the revenge plot, Eleanor finds out that Max is hooking up with a girl from every clique in the school.

Drea and Eleanor then hatch a plan to steal his phone and leak years of text exchanges in order to out him to the school.

Drea knowingly put several classmates in a very similar position she was in at the end of last year when her video was leaked. And it ends up being for nothing since the plan didn't work.

Tara and Max lie about having an open relationship to make themselves look better.

Tara and Max lie about having an open relationship to make themselves look better.
Alisha Boe in "Do Revenge."      Netflix

After Drea and Eleanor leak Max's messages, Tara (Max's girlfriend who he's been cheating on this entire time) helps him find a way to spin it and gain his popularity back.

They tell everyone that they're ethically non-monogamous and are in an open relationship.

Somehow this lie works, even though the girls Max was hooking up with didn't know that he was involved with anyone besides Tara and would presumably still be angry with him.

The headmaster is surprisingly cruel when telling Drea Yale rejected her.

The headmaster is surprisingly cruel when telling Drea Yale rejected her.
Sara Michelle Gellar as the headmaster in "Do Revenge."      Netflix

Drea is rejected from Yale after the head of admissions receives the article detailing Max's side of the leaked-video story.

Throughout her senior year, the headmaster also says Drea failed to take part in any extracurriculars and let her grades slip.

The headmaster is oddly cruel with her delivery of this news, saying that she hopes whatever distracted Drea is worth ruining her future.

The headmaster previously mentioned that she saw potential in Drea, so it seems especially cruel that she wouldn't offer to help Drea apply to other schools instead.

Drea fakes an orgasm to keep Russ busy while she checks her phone.

Drea fakes an orgasm to keep Russ busy while she checks her phone.
Camila Mendes as Drea.      Netflix

On Eleanor's birthday, Drea is unable to get in touch with her and sends multiple angry text messages.

When Russ asks what she's doing, she initiates sex with him so that she can continue checking her phone while he goes down on her.

Drea completely ignores him and then fakes an orgasm once she sees that everyone is at a party she wants to crash.

Drea doesn't remember starting a rumor so malicious that Eleanor had to go to a treatment center.

Drea doesn
Camila Mendes in "Do Revenge."      Netflix

When Drea goes to confront Carissa about the old rumors about Eleanor, Carissa reminds her that she's the one who outed Eleanor and accused her of attempted assault.

Drea has no memory of this, even though Eleanor reminded her of the whole story earlier on.

The incident left Eleanor so distraught that she was no longer able to eat or sleep and had to spend time in a treatment center.

Eleanor hits Drea with her car.

Eleanor hits Drea with her car.
Camila Mendes as Drea at the hospital in "Do Revenge."      Netflix

After Drea realizes that Eleanor has been manipulating her this entire time, she refuses to continue helping her.

But once Eleanor threatens to plant drugs on Drea's mother, Drea gives in.

Despite the fact that Drea already agreed to help Eleanor again, Eleanor still hits Drea with her car to initiate the next phase of her plan.

The high schoolers do a lot of drugs.

The high schoolers do a lot of drugs.
The cool clique in "Do Revenge" throws a lot of parties.      Netflix

In addition to Carissa's greenhouse of marijuana and magic mushrooms and several party scenes with lots of alcohol, the high schoolers in the film talk about and do a lot of drugs.

At the admissions party at the end of the movie, Elliot asks if anyone wants to do K (ketamine) with him, and Max does a line of cocaine off a girl's stomach.

Max essentially recaps the entire plot of the movie.

Max essentially recaps the entire plot of the movie.
Austin Abrams as Max.      Netflix

At the admissions party, Eleanor's big revenge plan starts to crack, and she further explains to Drea why she's done all this.

But, as if that wasn't enough exposition, Max joins the conversation and essentially mansplains everything that's happened in the movie.

The headmaster's pep talk for Drea is weirdly worded.

The headmaster
Sarah Michelle Gellar is in "Do Revenge."      Netflix

The headmaster tells Drea there's a spot open at Yale (since Max was expelled) and she's happy to make a call to put in a good word.

When Drea rejects the offer, the headmaster tells her she's transformed from a cacoon to "a beautiful kaleidoscope of trauma and resilience."

It's hard to ignore that the headmaster is responsible for some of that trauma after refusing to help Drea with the leaked-video incident.

Eleanor and Drea are as close as ever after everything that's happened.

Eleanor and Drea are as close as ever after everything that
Maya Hawke and Camila Mendes in "Do Revenge."      Netflix

By the end of the movie, Eleanor and Drea have both done extremely cruel things to each other.

Drea started the rumor that ruined Eleanor's life (and brought it back up to the popular clique at school). And Eleanor hit Drea with her car and got her rejected from Yale.

Despite this, the two decide to remain very close friends at the end of the movie.


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