A Simple Favor movie review. Are you ready to watch the beautiful girl of the silver screen, Anna Kendrick, and the blonde femme-fatal Blake Lively in a crime story that oscillates between comedy and mystery? The film, which is an adaptation of the novel, is directed by Paul Feig, who climbed the career ladder by signing productions starring women…
Feig, who received an Emmy nomination two years in a row with the mind-blowing TV comedy The Office, and who proved that female comedy leads on the big screen can be entertaining while being handled in a feminist way with productions such as Bridesmaids (2011), Hot Cops (2013) and Agent (2015), went on to star in Ghostbusters (2016).
Even though he had a minor road accident, I think he will make amends with the movie A Simple Favor. The screenplay adaptation of Darcey Bell’s first novel, A Simple Favor – which was also translated into Turkish under the title A Small Request – was made by Jessica Sharzer, who previously wrote The Game (Nerve/2016) and a series of episodes of the American Horror Story series. belong to. In addition to Feig, who is also the producer as well as the director, Jessie Henderson, with whom he previously worked in the films Agent and Hot Cops, is among the producers of this film. In summary, the project was not left to chance, at least on paper.
Stephanie, like many middle-class American women, is a single mother; He tries to raise his young son ‘properly’ in a suburb with his own efforts; On the other hand, she keeps busy with a vlog (video-blog) where she shares practical recipes and handicrafts for mothers like herself.
However, in the first opening scene, we understand that Stephanie has been labeled a loser by the other parents and her surroundings at school. Opposite this typical character is Emily, a strong and intense business woman who is her opposite from head to toe. Ironically, Emily and Stephanie’s sons, who are in the same grade, are best friends!
Although Emily initially uses Stephanie as her son’s nanny, partly under the influence of afternoon martinis, the two women become increasingly close and share unlikely secrets; So much so that neither of them actually has a real friend or friend. However, Emily’s sudden disappearance after a ‘little request’ turns this rosy story that spanned several weeks upside down. Then come the mysterious dusty pages of the past, and the uncompromising transformation of Stephanie, who turned from an ordinary housewife to a detective!
The film, which manages to make the audience watch itself and scratch the curiosity with the plot of the plot in its first part, loses its pace a little in the second part of the script, which is the knot part. On the other hand, criticisms of the long-destroyed American middle-class values are presented to us with a sauce of comedy and mystery. Well, it’s not a tasteless meal to be honest!
Supporting characters with colorful, albeit limited roles, such as the unrealistically cute police commissioner Summervile (Bashir Salahuddin), who investigates the case, Emily’s ultra-rich and spoiled fashion guru boss Dennis Nylon (Rupert Friend), and Margaret McLanden (Jean Smart), who emerges from the dusty pages of the past. It supports viewing pleasure.
There are many American clichés in the movie that are perceived as negative points and are not difficult to guess, but when you actually watch it a little more carefully, the audience will understand that these clichés are included in the movie to make fun of them. The film, which makes good use of both its female actors, takes more twists and turns towards the finale.
Ultimately, A Small Request is a production that will make you wonder about the book as you leave the theater during the end credits. Be careful who you make friends with and who you share your secrets with, don’t underestimate anyone by ‘losing’ them!
All about A Simple Favor movie.
A Simple Favor (2018)
Directed by: Paul Feig
Starring: Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding, Joshua Satine, Glenda Braganza, Andrew Rannells, Kelly McCormack, Aparna Nancherla, Ava LaFramboise, Blake Lively, Danielle Bourgon
Screenplay by: Jessica Sharzer
Production Design by: Jefferson Sage
Cinematography by: John Schwartzman
Film Editing by: Brent White
Costume Design by: Renee Ehrlich Kalfus
Set Decoration by: Patricia Larman
Art Directions: Brandt Gordon
Music by: Theodore Shapiro
MPAA Rating: R for sexual content and language throughout, some graphic nude images, drug use and violence.
Distributed by: Lionsgate Films
Release Date: September 14, 2018
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