Another Simple Favor | Film Review

 

When Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kendrick) is invited to be the maid of honor at ex-best friend Emily's (Blake Lively) wedding, she is convinced that Emily is planning revenge. But when she arrives in Italy, she has no idea of the nefarious plot she has stumbled into.

I liked the first 'Simple Favor' movie a lot, so I was looking forward to seeing this one, even though I didn't have high hopes that it would be as good as the first one.

This one was...weird. I didn't hate it, there were actually some parts I really liked. But overall it wasn't nearly as good as the first one.

But I did like that the cast from the first movie came back, and either played their characters the way we loved them the first time around, or improved on them. Henry Golding in particular completely improved on his character and made him so much more fun and interesting than he was in the first film.

It was also great to be introduced to new characters - there were some really fun additions!

While the film was more compelling than I thought it would be, with a genuinely interesting premise, it isn't as grounded as the first film.

And by that I mean, while the first film wasn't completely realistic, it felt grounded in reality and like it was taking place in the real world.

This one felt kind of like a parody of the original. The setting, while beautiful, almost felt fantastical. And while the characters were great, some of them felt more outlandish than they did the first time (which isn't necessarily a bad thing). 

And then there's the plot, which was interesting at first, got more and more crazy as the film went on, and by the time it ended it just felt really stupid. Fun, but dumb.

Overall there's not much more to say about this movie, it was fun, far-fetched, dumb but still worth a watch if you liked the first one.

5/10