{"id":29580,"date":"2025-04-27T00:18:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T04:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=29580"},"modified":"2025-05-02T00:32:36","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T04:32:36","slug":"another-simple-favor-video-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=29580","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Another Simple Favor\u2019 Review: Does the Sequel Stack Up, Compared to the Bodies?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2018, Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, and Henry Golding starred in Paul Feig\u2019s adaptation of Darcey Bell\u2019s 2017 bestseller, <\/span><b><i>A Simple Favor<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which told the story of an unlikely suburban friendship between a single mommy blogger, Kendrick\u2019s Stephanie Smothers, and her glamorous and enigmatic neighbor, Emily Nelson, played by Lively, who vanishes suddenly, leading to an intriguing mystery for Stephanie to solve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feig also directs <\/span><b><i>Another Simple Favor<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, once again starring Kendrick and Lively, but this time, it moves the story to Capri, Italy where Emily is getting married to a handsome Italian man, and she convinces Stephanie to be her reluctant maid-of-honor. As expected, things don\u2019t go so well, as people start to die around the duo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cinema Daily US<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s Edward Douglas has recorded a video review analyzing the sequel, and you can watch that above to find out whether he felt the sequel lived up to the popular original movie or not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Rating:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> B-<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Edward Douglas has been writing about movies for over 20 years. 13 of those years were at ComingSoon.net, followed by stints for outlets, such as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Film Journal<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Den of Geek<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The New York Daily News<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gold Derby<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Below the Line<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and many more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHJXaNHan3UWwwUKozSB2BQ\"><b>Check out more of CinemaDaily US\u2019 video interviews on our YouTube channel<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AnotherSimpleFavorPoster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-29558\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AnotherSimpleFavorPoster.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AnotherSimpleFavorPoster.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AnotherSimpleFavorPoster-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AnotherSimpleFavorPoster-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AnotherSimpleFavorPoster-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/AnotherSimpleFavorPoster-696x1044.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Director: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul Feig<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Screenwriter:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Jessica Sharzer, Laeta Kalogridis\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cast: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Allison Janney, Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells, Alex Newell, Aparna Nancherla, Bashir Salahuddin<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Producer: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul Feig, Laura Fischer, Brenda Gilbert<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Production Co: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon MGM Studios, BRON Studios, Feigco Entertainment, Lionsgate<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Distributor:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Amazon MGM<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Rating:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> R (Violence|Some Sexuality|Language)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Genre:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Thriller, Drama, Comedy<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Language:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> English, Italian<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Release Date (Prime Video): <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">May 1, 2025\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Runtime:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2 hours<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>If you like this video review, please share your comments below.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/edward-douglasgmail-com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out more of Edward Douglas\u2019 articles<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can watch the trailer below:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"QWajCwdC_TM\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Another Simple Favor - Official Trailer | Prime Video\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QWajCwdC_TM?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" 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