A Simple Favor
Summary
Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively ’s hit thriller , A Simple Favor , becomes a Netflix winner , and a sequel is already in the works . engineer by Paul Feig ( known for the Melissa McCarthy comediesBridesmaids , The Heat , Spy , andGhostbusters ) with a script by Jessica Sharzer , based on the 2017 novel by Darcey Bell , the 2018 thriller follow Stephanie Smothers , a single female parent and small - township vlogger enquire the sudden disappearance of her secretive flush friend , Emily Nelson . Other than Kendrick and Lively in the lead roles , A Simple Favor ’s castincludes Henry Golding , Andrew Rannells , Linda Cardellini , Rupert Friend , and Jean Smart .
Now , six years after its release , Kendrick and Lively ’s thriller is now aNetflixsuccess . For the week of May 20 - 26,A Simple Favorranked 8th on Netflix ’s Global Top 10 chart with 6.3 million views and 12.2 million hours viewed . It place belowIce Age : Collision Coursewith 7.2 million views and aboveMadame entanglement , which get 6.2 million view in its 2nd week in the Top 10 .
A Simple Favor’s Success Has Paved The Way For A Sequel
As a traditional thriller that combines element of offense and comedy , A Simple Favorwas a surprise success in 2018 , receiving plaudits from both critics and hearing for its unexpected plot twists , potent performances , dark humour , and Hitchcockian elements . A Simple Favorreviewsespecially praised its surprising plot twists and darkly entertaining story , adjudge it a stylish entry into the " mom - noir " subgenre , which blends elements of traditional noir with themes and preferences relate to motherhood and domestic life . As a answer , A Simple Favorholds a strong 84 % score on Rotten Tomatoes .
Paul Feig ’s A Simple Favor features muckle of turn and reveals as a woman ’s disappearing is investigated - now we stop down that ending .
A Simple Favorwas also a sleeper hit at the box office , nearly hit the $ 100 million marker on a mere $ 20 million budget . Audiences also enjoyed the thriller ’s many twists and turns , as indicated by its 73 % audience score on Rotten Tomatoes with over 5,000 paygrade from user . However , even with a strong boxwood agency haul , the thriller really did n’t offend out until it dispatch streaming service like Hulu and Amazon Prime the undermentioned year . Now , adopt its recent addition to Netflix , A Simple Favoris continuing to be a success on streaming services .
A Simple Favor ’s achiever has pave the mode for a sequel , A Simple Favor 2 , which was often discussed before being officially announced in May 2022 . Feig and Sharzer are fall to write and direct , with original cast members Kendrick , Lively , Golding , Rannells , Bashir Salahuddin , Joshua Satine , Ian Ho , and Kelly McCormack all reprise their persona . The sequel follow Stephanie and Emily as they jaunt to the picturesque island of Capri for the latter ’s lavish wedding ceremony to a moneyed Italian entrepreneur . ConsideringA Simple Favor ’s recent winner on Netflix , this should only increase interest in the coming continuation .
A Simple Favoris streaming on Netflix , though the sequel will be relinquish on Prime Video .
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Cast
ground on the novel by Darcey Bell , A Simple Favor stars Anna Kendrick as Stephanie , a widowed mother and vlogger who becomes friend with the affluent mother of one of her son ’s classmates , a charwoman name Emily . When Emily suddenly and inexplicably disappears , Stephaine begins to look for her and in doing so uncovers a series of dark secrets about Emily ’s past tense . Blake Lively and Henry Golding also star .
Based on the novel by Darcey Bell, A Simple Favor stars Anna Kendrick as Stephanie, a widowed mother and vlogger who becomes friends with the wealthy mother of one of her son’s classmates, a woman named Emily. When Emily suddenly and inexplicably disappears, Stephaine begins to search for her and in doing so uncovers a series of dark secrets about Emily’s past. Blake Lively and Henry Golding also star.
