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Anna is amazing in this movie. Blake was to much sensual. I loved the soundtrack.

Dumb and vulgar. So it's not surprising that Blake Lively is in it, but Anna Kendrick should have known better to get involved in this mess.

A Simple Favor is one of those films that seems like one thing, then becomes another, and ends up being... neither. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, that’s part of its charm. Paul Feig delivers a dark comedy with a touch of thriller that, while not perfect, is quite entertaining and visually delightful. From the first minute, Anna Kendrick wins you over. She’s funny, natural, and full of spark. And even if Blake Lively might rub some people the wrong way off-screen, here she absolutely nails the **** story plays with clichés about the perfect woman, hidden secrets, and twists designed to keep you guessing. Some land better than others, but overall, it holds your interest. It’s true the ending stretches things a bit, as if unsure how to tie up all the chaos, but it still holds together thanks to its playful tone and the charm of its **** film also shines in its visual presentation: costume design, cinematography, and music all enhance that mix of sophistication and twisted humor, making A Simple Favor stand out from the crowd. It may not be a genre classic, but it's definitely a stylish and enjoyable ride. And with a glass of wine in hand, it goes down even **** by the way, I absolutely love the song Laisse tomber les filles by France Gall. It fits perfectly here.

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The cast and production quality can't quite move this past the average needle. There is a constant tonal mismatch of comedy, drama and mystery. Despite this it is an interesting film to watch with predictable twists and turns. Its a struggle to believe any of the characters beyond the two dimensions we are shown as the ever increasingly unlikely events unfold.

I might not be the best person to review this as Blake Lively is my all time fave and Anna K is not far behind, but I loved this movie. Clever, well written, the story is hard to predict, and any time you have that dark comedic element, I am all in. Lots to like here and it holds up just fine on subsequent watches. Highly entertaining.

You know I was confused a lot but interested. Suspense thriller it turned into. It all makes sense though in the end. Really enjoyed watching this.

I thought this was shockingly really good. Great performances and it made me stay on my toes the entire movie. Very funny as well! Love Anna Kendrick. The twists and turns had me constantly saying "what", "wow", "ayo", "no way!" LOL I put this on thinking it was gonna be background noise cause I was bored, but damn... I enjoyed it way more than I thought!

This is sometimes categorised as a comedy film but I'd first like to say that, to me, its more of a mystery drama. The main character is a bit of a light head type but I didn't, personally, find that aspect especially amusing, although the main plot about the strange disappearance of her new friend did intrigue me. There are a number of plot twists and it kept me guessing. I thought it was quite engrossing and Anna Kendrick gave a particularly good performance as said main character (Stephanie Smothers). So, overall I'd say this is not what it may first appear to be and its a good watch if you like a mystery drama type watch. Yes, I'd recommend this film to others.

This is a decent movie, but it does at times seem to prioritise style over substance.

This was a horrific 2 hours of my life I will never get back. From the first moments I knew I was in for a cinematic disaster. For the love of god, if your girlfriend suggests you watch this... please just run. Leave your house and don't come back for a few days until she forgets about it. The grandiose plot was nonsensical at best, with disjointed scenes sprinkled throughout in some grotesque sort of proud arrangement. The acting by all cast members was atrocious, and I had to actively cover my face as I cringed frequently throughout. In fact I have a muscle cramp in my face from all the jaw clenching I did these past 2 hours. The only thing suppressing my rage was my desire to continue my relationship, as each passing moment I felt an ever increasing desire to smash my television. I cannot go on any further as I feel due for a nervous breakdown if I spend anymore time in my life thinking about this sad excuse for a film. Alas, I feel my nightmares will be full of a simple favor tonight.

This is the WORST movie I have ever watched. Filled with cheesy, corny, distasteful jokes and interactions. Just horrible... save yourself

The film really kept me on the edge and interested not knowing who to trust. The acting was great as well, especially Blake Lively. It kind of reminded me of Pretty Little Liars, which was my favorite series growing up.

I enjoyed the film but did lose some interest at points. The ending was a little dragged out but overall I enjoyed the film. Anna kendricks is fantastic in this low key!

Kind of loses its smarts the last 20 mins. Still tho, it’s an entertaining movie with a good sense of humor.

Good film, Blake Lively is fantastic in this. Tries to take bits from Gone Girl and sticks the landing, most of the time.

Mega Contrived. Poor script. Cannot believe the positive reviews it got. The film fails to be edgy / noir or witty. Comes off as a lame attempt.

"A Simple Favor" was a good movie, but not so much because of the confused and leisurely plot, but the performances of Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick were the ones that stood out most in the film, and also entertains.

Fun mystery comedy that is a little too predictable and not quite funny or charming enough to be great or a classic. Will simply go down as decent yet forgettable time worth viewing once or twice.

Interesting and fun movie, a bit fun and also a bit of a thriller, even though towards the ends some things became a bit too predictable. Good actors and nice to watch.

Un film qui semble appétissant, au moins pour ses deux protagonistes principales, l'adorable petite brune et la grande vampe blonde, une sorte de fantasme sexuel sur pattes (à 4 pattes je veux dire) très lively en effet. L'antinomie de caractère et de fascination réciproque entre les deux copines semble d'ailleurs suggérer une belle amitié lesbienne mais il n'en est rien, hélas... Excusez mon machisme, je vois du cul partout... surtout quand je m'emmerde dans un film à la con qui mélange les genres et se mélange les pinceaux dans un scénario très prétentieux, très lent, alambiqué et foireux qui tente d'imiter ou plutôt de singer les thrillers déjà vus et passés, allant même jusqu'à citer "les diaboliques" (sic !). Mais cette grosse merde n'a rien de diabolique, car elle hésite entre la comédie, le drame et le thriller, le suspense... et la sitcom ! Le tout est imbuvable et carrément grotesque... et tellement chiant qu'on ne tient pas jusqu'à la fin, loin de là !

A Simple Favor is not as predictable as most movies. The general direction was pretty obvious, but there are quite a few twists in there to keep you entertained and guessing a least somewhat. It's funny at times and quite engaging. The ending was a bit too much but hey, no movie is perfect. Still, you could do a lot worse than watching this movie. Pretty darn good.

This movie has to be one of the craziest whodunit mysteries I have ever seen in my life. The story is totally bizarre and some of the characters change personalities almost mid-scene. With all of these issues however this movie is a damn good time and extremely entertaining mostly because of its unique writing and brilliantly committed performances from Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively. A Simple Favor is easily a film that will take a while to **** pure absurdity gone narrative art. B+

It's not an amazing film, and somewhere along the line it gets a bit boring with its sluggish pace in the middle part of the movie, but it is enjoyable. Blake Lively gives an amazing performance. Watch it and see for yourselves

The movie isn’t intense, funny, scaring, and it’s predictable. The begging was actually pretty good. The characters are interesting and the story isn’t bad. The acting was fine as well. The middle of the movie had some intense scenes, but other than that it was boring, unfunny, and bland. The ending was pretty predictable as well as hard to believe any of it could happen in real life. The ending wasn’t intense either. I didn’t enjoy it, and don’t recommend people to watch the movie.

crizzyview! Campy, funny, devilish. Great fun. Loved it! I think it was under rated by critics and should do very well at the People’s Choice awards.

A lot of regulars here have included many of the observations I'd make, so I'll add this: the film's beginning writes a check that the end bounces. It's a decent setup but falls apart in its execution, especially at the end where the twist-after-twist leaves you shaking your head and mumbling, "so so stupid, ..." It had real potential and in the hands of a director who knows what they're doing, would've been an awesome insurance-fraud-gone-wrong tale. Instead, it's a disappointing JV production. (Reasonable ratings for "A Simple Favor" are 4-7, anything more are shills or hyperfans of the stars.)

A Simple Favor was better than I could have ever imagined. The story and plot was so twisty and cool. The whole time I never knew where the movie was going next. It was amazingly unpredictable. Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick's performances were stupendous and Henry Golding gave an fantastic performance. A+.

This film is a politically correct quagmire of a movie. The story itself is trite and predictable and the movie had a ton of plot holes. Plus, you can tell the producers or the multicultural team wanted to blatantly throw in all kinds of people just to save face. You have the main actor as a yellow dude, who is married to a Caucasian woman, yet their kid (this annoying yellow kid) looks nothing like the Caucasian woman at all which makes no sense. Then on top of that you have the yellow dude bed both Caucasian woman which seems to me like they want to push interracial dating on the masses. The funniest part of the PC agenda in this film are the random brown people thrown in who serve no purpose to the story. There's one woman and her kid who is just sort of there, and the few lines she does say make her sound unsure of herself (but not in a funny way, more of an "I can't act and I was only put her to represent brown people" sort of way.) And then there's another random brown girl thrown in who works at the front desk of a company. Again, she doesn't really act, she's just sort of there. And then of course you have a token gay guy thrown in and a bunch of black actors and the author and screenwriter are both female. Yeah, if you're not a fan of PC stuff I would say to avoid this movie like the plague as it's not a good movie to begin with. You can't trust critics on sites like Rotten Tomatoes as they're usually liberal types who like this sort of thing or they've been given bonuses to rate certain films favorably.

o filme inicia de uma maneira e a sua narrativa muda rapidamente se tornando um suspense e misterio, onde ocorre a transição da personalidade da protagonista, podemos dizer uma certa evolução, bela filmagem, boas atuações, narrativa interessante, trilha sonora boa contudo um filme bom.

It starts as a genuinely compelling mystery with sharp humor but it slowly rolls over the finish line as a disappointing neither-nor: the laughs destroy the suspense and the audience is too busy trying to wrap their minds around the ludicrous story to enjoy the jokes.

Paul Feig managed to make his own version of Gone Girl mixing a bit of War of the Roses for good measure. It's nice to get a different kind of film from Feig, that not only has humour but also is tense, deep and has his trademark of strong female protagonists.

A Simple Favor 2018 -What starts out to be fresh and dynamic begins to fall in upon itself when one of the founding layers is taken away. -Superb writing that turns cliche later on -Anna Kendrick keeps playing the same innocent, naive turned witty and cunning character in dramas -This should have been a PG-13 tale or a harder R, which would have made it easier to overlook the disastrous ending. -The first 20 minutes of the Blake Lively character is worth sitting through the remaining 95 minutes

It's not Fincher, nor Hitchcock, it's Feig playing at both filmmaking maestros in his newest, twisted psychological chick noir. "A Simple Favor" is, in sum, a stylish, tolerably hyper-twisted psychological crime thriller that places Feig in a gracefully attractive laboratory of genres and tones. Truly great horror-comedy feature films are one of the most hard-to-find cinematographic feats these days; however, narratively and structurally, fusing seriously funny comedy in the narrative tidiness of a whodunit is even more meritorious to praise, a surgically handled work that only an expert on the mechanisms of these genres can achieve; here's a proof. One of the strongest hooks for this domestic noir is the daring style on the divas' attire specifically. Undeniably, the sizzling fineries Lively models with panache during the first two acts and Kendrick, self-indulgent, inherits in the last act pop up on the screen as another à la mode main character. Each of these overwhelmingly fashioned moments comes from costume designer Renée Ehrlich Kalfus, who freezes the viewer up persistently with her original tuxedo designs and their corresponding model. The fashion designer wonderfully personalizes not only the pair of ladies, but the film itself through creations that defy gender standards, which the film runs from several fronts. You are not ready for that navy three-piece suit and six-inch heels, bad weather and umbrella included. Based on Darcey Bell's homonymous novel, the script is penned by Jessica Sharzer— 2016 summer surprise "Nerve" screenwriter —with additional Feig touches on it. Joining up the collection of film adaptations based on mystery books featuring women in morally ambiguous situations, with homicides, supposed suicides and dark places driving the plot forward, Sharzer does what she can to remain faithful to the source story, distilling the key points from Bell's novel. But in "Gone Girl," "The Girl On The Train" times, her writing falls short delivering solid resolutions, the pyrotechnics and suspicious events of the first hour are drowned by an out-of-control whirlwind of conclusions layering one after the other with less and less credibility. Emily Nelson is unhappy. We know it from the first moment because of her relationship with her only child, her creatively blocked husband, her job and her almost nonexistent social circle. Still, she's a confident, successful, classy, capable and ungovernable woman. But when her "perfection" is threatened by a forthcoming bankruptcy, her true self comes up. After the titular simple favor, she goes missing and the "why-where-how" kind of stuff unfolds. Blake Lively, despite not being a high-grossing star, is one of the film's faces towards financial success. Lively is in good hands portraying a sinister, enthralling femme fatale. Embodying Emily in an overwhelming natural way, her caustic, forceful performance achieves to blur the line between innocence and guilt, and that, in this film, means mission accomplished. Kendrick gives a career-best performance. Lively's already proved herself years ago, Kendrick, even with her Academy nomination, has been involved mostly in humor-related flicks, keeping her distance from powerful, serious character-driven plots. Heroine and villain, Stephanie's the real star here. Widow, helicopter parent, detective and vlogger at once, her evolutionary arc is, besides more plausible than Emily's, wildly enjoyable, veering from mistress to stepmother, from bosom friend to enemy with explosive sympathy. Kendrick's great, so does Lively, but together, they're a bomb of secrets, surprises and seduction; one of the most unique, brilliant female duos in a long time. "A Simple Favor" by Paul Feig could be mistaken for a vicious, riotous noir experiment by the director and producer behind "Bridesmaids," however, those who are willing to get a ticket for this fiery cocktail won't feel ripped off up until the third act. Feig gives a half-baked impression of a chic Hitchcock through missing girl genre-worthy storytelling ideas, with fortuitous and gratuitous twists that will delight those who chortled when they shouldn't minutes ago. The cast is unbeatable, its posture is stylish by means of eye-popping outfits, an exquisite and elegant French soundtrack, a production design that is colorfully synthetic and a deficient but focused cinematography. The story falls into an overhasty, depraved spiral of revelations halfway through that, in the end, is a ploy to deliver the best Kendrick's performance to date, showcase underestimated Lively's talents and Feig's skills to surprise in every way. Final oversaturation certainly makes the story an incohesive whole, but the new side of the director, its costume design and the electric chemistry between the stellar ladies are enough incentives to treat the final-act hangover.

This movie is extremely versatile. There's tension, thrilling moments, (dark) humour and unexpected plot developments. On top of that, I enjoyed the visuals, the chemistry between the characters and the acting was great too. I only refrain from giving this movie a 10/10 because at some point there was a bit too much dark humour for my taste. Otherwise it's a movie I'd definitely recommend.

Now I have to give props to Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick, who did spectacular jobs in this film. They both could easily play off of one another like yin and yang. Both actresses gave it their all in these roles and you can easily see that. Anna probably had the most captivating one of them all . You see her struggle to try and find her friend and at the same time be a good mom to her kid, and she just did a great job of portraying that struggle . Another thing that this movie did great were the costumes. I don’t usually talk about the clothes but they had to be mentioned for this film. All of the outfits were marvelous and deserve a nomination for the costumes. They also were like characters on their own. They also helped in showing character arcs and growth, mainly for Anna Kendricks clothes. I also really liked the musical scores. It helped you understand the tension in some scenes. Now some thing that could be fixed is how the film felt like two different movies to me, and not in a good way. The first half of the film just felt really slow to me, which is understandable due to it introducing the characters, but the other half was way more interesting. The second half was more intense and had me on the edge of my seat. There is a plot twist that is very obvious about what it was going to be. In the end, “A Simple Favour” was a surprisingly enjoyable film — one that I think a lot of people would like.

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Four star style meets three star story. Bonus points for making pseudo incest kinda hot.

The piling up twists are stirred, not shaken for whole storyline of A SIMPLE FAVOR, yet it’s additional entry for Feig’s good streak in comedy. No matter what sort of material he gets - spy, buddy cop, insecure bridesmaids, this Diabolique-ish, he makes those thoroughly pleasant.

This exceeded my expectations, and managed to be a thriller within a comedy. Blake Lively was incredible!

First 1/3 is slow. Middle 1/3 is mildly interesting. Last 1/3 is just comical.

Suburban noir has become a big draw for book and film lovers alike. Ever since Amy Dunne declared “I’m so much happier now that I’m dead,” few have tried and failed to recreate Gone Girl’s genius. Comedy god Paul Feig’s newest film is irresistible, but misses some steps on its way up to Gone Girl-level brilliance. A Simple Favor follows the dark relationship between mom opposites Stephanie (Anna Kendrick) and Emily (Blake Lively). Stephanie, the single mommy vlogger, is quickly seduced by Emily’s rich lifestyle – in all her martini drinking, ’30s Marlene Dietrich glamour. When Emily disappears, Stephanie attempts to get to the bottom of what happened to her best friend – and whether Emily’s husband Sean (Henry Golding) had anything to do with it. The film opens with Stephanie updating her vlog followers that Emily is still missing, five days since she asked Stephanie for “a simple favor” to pick up her son from school. The film then goes into flashback mode so she can explain to the audience what led up to Emily’s disappearance. Stephanie goes on her own investigation which involves her breaking into Emily’s work office, tracking down her parents, and paying a visit to the camp she spent her summers as a child. Kendrick and Lively are both powerhouses here, with their conversations being the comedic highlight of the film. Kendrick’s Martha Stewart wannabe Stephanie embodies all of the cliches you can expect from a white mom. As the film goes on, Stephanie lets loose and, if you’re worried you’ll miss out on some Pitch Perfect Kendrick, Feig has you covered with Stephanie doing a hilarious rap. Lively shows here that she has a knack for the dramatic as the fashion PR executive. She exudes power and charm, with Emily’s matter-of-fact comedy delivered effortlessly. As for Henry Golding, he’s as hot and charming as he is in Crazy Rich Asians – what more do you need? With a narrative full of noir elements, there are so many twists packed into the film’s two-hour running time. When you think you know where it’s going, Feig manages to hit the audience with more twists that make you unintentionally yell “what?!” at least 10 times along with the rest of the theatre crowd. All this leads to a conclusion to the Emily mystery that is nothing short of Feig style wackiness. However, having so many **** twists coming at you so often and so quickly leads to a narrative that is more confusing than it is neat and tidy. To put it plainly: it’s an enjoyable, crazy mess. Its missteps can be attributed directly to the source material. Not to spoil anything, but there are certain choices made by Anna Kendrick’s character which would have been better off left to the source material because of how bizarre and “yikes!” they are. Looking at Paul Feig’s filmography since Bridesmaids, it’s no surprise that he would eventually want to tackle a female-centric mystery thriller. To be expected from him, the film has many laughs, and surprisingly, they land and mesh well with the dark tone of the second half of the film. It’s twisted and raunchy, as all high budget Lifetime movies should be.

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OMG, I was so expecting an high sixty or low seventy movie, I loved it. The writing, the acting, was great. The way the two main women characters played against each other was brilliant. The movie was much funnier than I expected and a lot less of a thriller. I walked out of the movie with my friend who dragged me out to see it, and we were both amazed about how we both underestimated the movie, both really enjoyed it. I hope people give this movie a chance, and then give this movie the reviews it deserves.

Thriller that involves a mixtures of genres, in way witty. Could been better if not for the overused trick of the evil twin sisters. The final act make you wonder of what genre belongs actually, or shall to watch again.

I miss the films like that, they did a great script. The cast was ok but overall a good movie

Stylised, self-aware, and hilarious - a (mostly) enjoyable parody A semi-comedic look at the lives of two young mothers in an affluent American suburb, coupled with a mystery plot, A Simple Favour has an undeniable identity crisis due to its genre mash-up characteristics. Although director Paul Feig proves adept at handling the parodic side of things, in the latter stages, he seems to be trying to ensure the film can exist (relatively) un-ironically within the suburban noir genre, the very genre it's attempting to lampoon. Despite this schizophrenic quality, however, it's an undeniably film. Adapted by Jessica Sharzer from Darcey Bell's 2017 novel, A Simple Favour tells the story of Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kendrick), a widowed single-mum who runs a life hacks vlog with minimal viewership. Enter Emily Nelson (Blake Lively), a public relations executive for a major fashion label. Soon after meeting, the two bond, with Stephanie in awe of Emily, who seems to have it all; a good-looking novelist/lecturer husband, Sean (Henry Golding), a gorgeous house, a successful career, a great kid, and an acerbic attitude that Stephanie would kill for. Several weeks later, with Emily held up at work, she asks Stephanie to pick up her son, and she'll collect him later. Except she doesn't collect him. As a few days go by, Stephanie and Sean report her missing. However, unsatisfied with the direction the investigation is taking, Stephanie is soon amateur sleuthing her way across the country. A Simple Favour is at its best when working as a parody of "mommy murder mysteries", gently (and often not so gently) exposing some of its more unrealistic tropes to ridicule. For example, the three main characters are all generic templates to the point of cliché; the ingénue who feels honour-bound to do everything she can to find the truth; the sardonic and caustic plot catalyst, who always seems to have an ace up her sleeve; and, the brilliant but frustrated spouse who may, or may not, be in on the crime. However, their archetypal characteristics are dialled up to such a degree that they can't help but seem caricatures. Opening with a late Saul Bass-esque title sequence, scored to Jean Paul Keller's "Ca s'est arrange" (1967), the film signals its playful tone right from the off. The emphasis on stylisation is perhaps seen most clearly upon Emily's introduction. As Stephanie shelters from the rain, Emily emerges from a car in slow motion, with the camera starting on her feet before slowly moving up to her head as she raises an umbrella. Cutting to a mid-shot, she then begins to walk across the carpark (still in slow motion), as a broken umbrella blows past her, replacing the tumbleweed of a classic western shootout. Apart from being a memorable introduction to the character, the visual design of the scene is predicated on cine-literacy, showing that the filmmakers are more than aware of standard genre tropes, and, more importantly, how to employ them for comedic effect. Indeed, the entire film revels in its own intertextual awareness, with later references to such defining noirs as Gaslight (1944), Spellbound (1945), and Les diaboliques (1955). Large portions of the film feature narration within narration, a technique so beloved of classic noir mysteries. If there was one element of that didn't work, however, it was the mystery plot. I get that it's all a satire of the multi-twist-for-twist's-sake suburban murder mystery, with the preposterousness of such plots played for maximum farcicality. However, Feig is unable to bridge the tone of the frothier comic moments and the darker ones which become increasingly prevalent towards the end. For example, the film features a scene in which someone who has just been ploughed by a car and is trying to crawl away is nonchalantly told if they don't stop, they're going to hurt their knees. That's pretty dark, but it's also pretty funny. However, it comes only moments after a scene in which a drug-addict is held under the water and drowned. Not a huge amount to laugh at there. For all that, however, I found A Simple Favour most enjoyable. The purely-satirical early scenes earn enough goodwill so that the more plot-heavy later scenes don't completely tear the whole thing down. The film as a whole shines a not unwelcome light on the increasingly self-important suburban noir, and for the most part, the parody is very well judged. When the comedy is forced to retreat in the service of more serious material, the tonal balance is definitely knocked off, but despite this, A Simple Favour remains very entertaining. It won't change your life, but it's a rewarding couple of hours.

I found the movie to be very enjoyable, though it has rough patches with stilted dialog and some difficult-to-swallow moments. Otherwise, Anna Kendrick is quirky and Blake Lively is hot, and that's about all that can be said about the movie without spoiling it.

I can't remember movie like it where it has a relevant humor and jokes with a wonderful narrative and thriller's side. It was a interesting film with the ambiguous ending that seems as real story

Bravo for such an original screenplay which elevated my grade but at the same time I thought there were too many spit balls thrown at the wall to try to fill in space.