'Another Simple Favor' review: Blake Lively is at her best bad and mad

Another Simple Favor is at its best when it lets Blake Lively cut loose in blooming psycho-biddy fashion.

The sequel folds in influences from such campy treasures as The Talented Mr. Ripley , What Ever Happened to Baby Jane ? Director Paul Feig knows his audience.

While Kendrick is back in the swing of this plucky amateur sleuth, Another Simple Favor drags when Lively isn't onscreen.

From the moment Emily makes her entrance, she is a vision who uses her wardrobe to speak volumes.

Even when dripping in jewels — wearing necklaces so decadent they serve as shirts too dazzling for this world — Emily is intimidating.

This is a far messier movie that the first , where the imbalance between the appeal of the plucky Stephanie and the devious Emily is even greater than before and the supporting characters are littered with undercooked roles. However, if your favorite bits of A Simple Favor was Lively embracing her inner bad girl and delivering face and looks? You'll cherish this divinely twisted thriller. Another Simple Favor was reviewed out of its world premiere at 2025 SXSW. The film will premiere on Prime Video on May 1 ..