‘A Simple Favor’
A Simple Favor? More like A Total Delight! Paul Feig’s 2018 comedy noire features two bravura performances from Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively (the latter of which proves that there’s still a path for the former Gossip Girl It Girl to blossom into an actual Movie Star) as two young moms who become friendly after pounding super strong martinis and sharing sultry secrets. Things ramp up considerably after Lively’s character goes unexpectedly missing, at which point the movie’s many twists and turns evoke Gone Girl, Flowers In The Attic, and the classic French psychological thriller Les Diaboliques.