A Simple Favor (2018)

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Initial release: 14 September 2018 (USA)
Director: Paul Feig
Adapted from: A Simple Favor by Darcey Bell
Music composed by: Theodore Shapiro



Premise A Simple Favor, directed by Paul Feig, centers around Stephanie (Anna Kendrick), a mommy blogger who is determined to uncover the truth behind her best friend Emily's (Blake Lively) sudden disappearance from their small town. Emily's Husband, Sean (Henry Golding) joins her in this thriller including betrayals and reversals, and a dead body and the revolving question of who is duping whom with love, loyalty, murder and revenge.-Wikipedia

Intellectually written screenplay by Jessica Sharzer

After the success of Crazy Rich Asians, the local distributors decided to market it as a Henry Golding film, and my golly, it worked.  It got us interested.

As mentioned above, the script was intellectually written, as well as funny and exciting at the same time.

My dad had a problem with taboo subjects being too normal in the film.

I reasoned that it wasn't so.  There was remorse and if it were normal, the secrets wouldn't be secrets at all.

It is also well acted.  The kids, most especially IAN HO and JOSHUA SATINE,  are admirable...except for the oopsy/oopsie words and the fights---wait a moment, acting wise, they are terrific, and that's what we're talking about.  The rest of the cast are good too.  They all did their parts well.

BLAKE LIVELY was extra beautiful and glamorous here.  HENRY GOLDING was of course still very sexy here.

ANNA KENDRICK, I think, is perfect for her role.

Let's not forget LINDA CARDELLINI.  Her role was short, but...well, sweet is not the word.

Yes, morality wise this is not a very laudable film, but it has its merits.

I particularly enjoyed the background music, the dark comedy(oh my, how could I admit this?), the sartorial elegance, most especially Blake Lively's sense of fashion, et cetera, et cetera.

The reviews are mixed, by the way, and  I guess I have nothing more to say.  I'll just add some links below:


Review: 'A Simple Favor,' With Anna Kendrick And Blake Lively, Is A Delicious Adult Thriller


Light, literate, and wickedly funny, A Simple Favor is Gillian Flynn for the mommy-blog set

Cast from Wikipedia
  1. Anna Kendrick as Stephanie Smothers
  2. Blake Lively as Emily Nelson, Stephanie's enigmatic friend who suddenly goes missing
  3. Henry Golding as Sean Townsend, Emily's husband
  4. Ian Ho as Nicky Townsend, son of Sean and Emily Nelson
  5. Joshua Satine as Miles Smothers, Stephanie's son
  6. Glenda Braganza as Mrs. Kerry Glenda
  7. Andrew Rannells as Darren
  8. Kelly McCormack as Stacy
  9. Aparna Nancherla as Sona
  10. Dustin Milligan as Chris
  11. Danielle Bourgon as Grace, Stephanie's mother
  12. Gia Sandhu as Valerie
  13. Rupert Friend as Dennis Nylon
  14. Eric Johnson as Davis Smothers, Stephanie's husband
  15. Linda Cardellini as Diana Hyland
  16. Paul Jurewicz as Bobby Chelkowsky
  17. Sarah Baker as Maryanne Chelkowsky
  18. Jean Smart as Margaret McLanden
  19. Bashir Salahuddin as Detective Summerville


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