Should you watch A Simple Favor?
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A Simple Favor
Film · 2018
Stephanie, a dedicated mother and popular vlogger, befriends Emily, a mysterious upper-class woman whose son Nicky attends the same school as Miles, Stephanie's son. When Emily asks her to pick Nicky up from school and then disappears, Stephanie undertakes an investigation that will dive deep into Emily's cloudy past.
The sides of A Simple Favor
- A mommy vlogger turned detective
- A glamorous friend who vanishes
- Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively
A Simple Favor is good for you if…
- you like a mystery that keeps changing who is fooling whom.
- you like a thriller that laughs at its own secrets.
- you like an amateur sleuth digging into a vanished friend's past.
A Simple Favor is bad for you if…
- you need a mystery that stays believable to the end.
- you'd rather not watch sex scenes with others in the room.
About: female friendship · secrets · motherhood
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