Movie · 2025 · Comedy, Thriller, Mystery · 2h 3m · R · English
Curator score: 0.7/10 (190.9K ratings)
Every friendship has its twists.
Overview
Stephanie and Emily reunite on the beautiful island of Capri, Italy for Emily's extravagant wedding to a rich Italian businessman. Along with the glamorous guests, expect murder and betrayal to RSVP for a wedding with more twists and turns than the road from the Marina Grande to the Capri town square.
Ratings
Curator score: 0.7/10
IMDb: 5.3/10
Letterboxd: 2.31/5
Rotten Tomatoes: 58%
Metacritic: 54
TMDB: 5.8/10
Director
Paul Feig
Production
Feigco Entertainment, Lionsgate
Cast
Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Michele Morrone, Henry Golding, Allison Janney, Elizabeth Perkins, Elena Sofia Ricci, Alex Newell, Andrew Rannells, Taylor Ortega, Bashir Salahuddin, Lorenzo de Moor, Joshua Satine, Ian Ho, Kelly McCormack, Aparna Nancherla, Jake Tapper, Mitch Salm, Diletta Jayne, Holmes
Where to watch
Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Curator Review
Verdict
A glossy, campy sequel with a strong sense of fashion, location, and mean-spirited intrigue, but the plotting and tonal excess seem to divide viewers. It looks most appealing as a trashy, high-gloss thriller-comedy for fans of twisted female duos and over-the-top reversals.
Best for
Viewers who enjoy campy mystery-thrillers with fashion-forward style
Fans of toxic friendships, scheming, and unreliable characters
People who like glossy vacation settings and soap-opera energy
Audiences open to a knowingly ridiculous sequel
Skip if
You want a tightly plotted mystery with clean logic
You dislike broad comedy mixed with murder and betrayal
You are sensitive to incest-adjacent or shock-value humor
You prefer restrained, elegant thrillers over maximalist chaos
Overview
Another Simple Favor doubles down on the franchise’s appeal: glamorous surfaces, poisonous friendships, and a story that wants to be as outrageous as possible. The Capri setting gives it postcard beauty, but the movie is really selling attitude, costume, and the pleasure of watching two dangerous women circle each other again.
Worth noting
The problem is that the sequel’s appetite for twists seems to outrun its discipline. The tone can feel messy, and the joke-to-thriller balance is uneven, which fits the polarized response. Still, if you enjoyed the first film’s blend of murder mystery and cattiness, this one appears built to deliver more of that same glossy mischief.
Bottom line
It’s best approached as a decadent piece of entertainment rather than a puzzle box. For viewers in the mood for a stylish, nasty, occasionally absurd crime comedy, it should play like a guilty pleasure; for anyone wanting coherence or restraint, it may be a hard pass.
Top Letterboxd reviews
theo (3★) · 7583 likes
how many favors does this bitch need ???
france (4★) · 5964 likes
“brother-fucker” “sister-fucker” girl more like what the fucker
-ˏˋ mak ˊˎ- (2★) · 4601 likes
probably not the best timing for blake lively to play a psychopath but here we are
nolan (3.5★) · 3803 likes
the audacity to set up another sequel is insane but i’m not gonna lie i would eat that shit up
⋆ ˚｡ belis ˚｡⋆ (3★) · 3159 likes
omg what happened to blake livelys hair 😭😭😭 bring back conditioner idk someone do SOMETHING to help her 😭😭😭😭
1996 · Comedy, Romance · 1h 59m · R · Curator 7.8/10 (359.1K ratings) · Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus
Not a thriller, but it shares the high-camp energy, performance, and social farce.
2019 · Comedy, Crime, Mystery · 2h 11m · PG-13 · Curator 8.4/10 (4.7M ratings) · Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
A polished modern whodunit that balances humor, class satire, and murder intrigue.