
Stephanie, a widowed mother, who also runs a cooking vlog, befriends Emily, an upper-class secretive woman whose child goes to same elementary school as of Stephanie's. Suddenly Emily goes missing and Stephanie starts investigating, only to find dark secrets, which changes the life of Stephanie forever.... (Full plot summary below)
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Stephanie, a widowed mother, who also runs a cooking vlog, befriends Emily, an upper-class secretive woman whose child goes to same elementary school as of Stephanie's. Suddenly Emily goes missing and Stephanie starts investigating, only to find dark secrets, which changes the life of Stephanie forever.
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| KXL-FM (Portland, OR)Gary WolcottAlfred Hitchcock would have loved it. Duplicitous characters caught up in a twisted plot. A superb performance from Blake Lively. Do yourself a simple favor & catch this one. |
| Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)André HerefordPiles revelations upon twists upon double-crosses, but never comes up with anything truly surprising. |
| MovieFreak.comSara Michelle Fetters[Paul Fieg] brings an elegant old Hollywood gravitas to the proceedings while never undercutting the more playfully juvenile elements that make the film so much fun. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonWitty, tense, and thrilling, but also cheerful, escapist, and fun, this is a perfect cinematic cozy mystery, kept on an even keel by the irresistibly charming Anna Kendrick. Merrily absurd pure entertainment. |
| VarietyAmy NicholsonThe film feels a lot like the Serge Gainsbourg number that Stephanie dances to in the kitchen: jazzy, a little sleazy, and worth a cult following. |
| Aisle SeatMike McGranaghanOne of the most surprising and satisfying movies of the year. It's a ride that invites you to partake in its craziness. |
| Consequence of SoundAllison ShoemakerIf Double Indemnity were a hangout movie, this would be its sequel. It’s delicious. |
| New England Movies WeeklySean BurnsNot funny enough to pass as satire yet too snarky to provide any genuine chills, the movie exists in a half-kidding limbo, with none of the performers on the same page. |
| Baltimore MagazineMax WeissFor Lively, this is her Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct moment: She stomps through the film like a femme fatale warrior-so gorgeous and mysterious and alluring, it was like she was constructed in a lab to the play this part. |
| AV ClubKatie RifeIf your tastes in crime fiction lean more toward whiskey-soaked detectives, A Simple Favor might be bubbly enough to give you a headache despite the darkness of its themes. But that’s okay. More prosecco for the rest of us. |