A Simple Favor
2018 · Movie · R · 117 min · ★ 6.6 · 76% critics
A cheerful parent and online host becomes friends with a glamorous, secretive mother from her child’s school. When a small favor turns into a disappearance, she starts digging into a polished suburban world where friendship, lies, and danger blur together.
Based on A Simple Favor
Also known as A Simple Favour · Simple Favor, A · Une petite faveur
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Details
- Years
- 2018
- Release date
- 2018-09-13
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Critic score
- 76/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (4,602 votes)
- Box office
- $42,600,000
About
You’ll enjoy this if you like twisty dark comedies with glamorous secrets and a light Game Night-style energy; Not for you if you need realism or a tidy serious mystery.
Pros: playful mystery; strong lead chemistry; dark humor | Cons: messy later plot; some predictable turns; uneven tone
Themes
- small town
- based on novel or book
- widow
- dark comedy
- female friendship
- life insurance
- best friend
- single mother
- biting
- missing person
- shocking
- satirical
- +5 more
Cast & crew
Anna Kendrick
as Stephanie Smothers
Blake Lively
as Emily Nelson
Henry Golding
as Sean Townsend
Rupert Friend
as Dennis Nylon
Linda Cardellini
as Diana Hyland
Bashir Salahuddin
as Detective Summervile
Danielle Bourgon
as Grace, Stephanie's Mom
Kelly McCormack
as Stacy
Andrew Rannells
as Darren
Ian Ho
as Nicky Nelson
Directed by Paul Feig