A Simple Favour, released back in 2018, turned out to be the ideal lockdown film come 2020. It summoned high glamour and high drama in the same domestic settings everyone found themselves stuck in, as mommy vlogger Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kendrick) became embroiled in the Gone Girl-esque faked death of Emily Nelson (Blake Lively), with one martini consumed for every ludicrous plot twist.
While it did well during its theatrical release, it became a downright sensation on Prime Video during the pandemic, leading Amazon to the natural conclusion that it needed a sequel tout de suite, despite its director Paul Feig (of Bridesmaids and Spy fame) having never indulged in one before. And, really, a film about two women – one the perky naïf and the other the elusive seductress – revealing so many secrets that they become borderline unrecognisable to each other doesn’t naturally lend itself to more plot. There’s also the small matter of Emily being in jail.
