Another Simple Favor review — Blake Lively at her best in silly sequel
The fun-filled summer vacays have arrived early with this gloriously silly sequel about murder, wealth porn and the inviolable, effervescent chemistry of Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick. The pair are back from the original 2018 hit, reprising their roles as the devious suburban femme-fatale Emily Nelson (Lively) and the 'author, private detective and mommy influencer' Stephanie Smothers (Kendrick). This time round Emily has been sprung from prison by her Italian Mob boss fiancé, Dante (Michele Morrone), and has browbeaten the resentful Stephanie into attending her lavish, White Lotus-style nuptials in Capri.
Once on the island the bodies start to pile up and the outré screenplay from Laeta Kalogridis (Terminator Genisys) and Jessica Sharzer (Nerve) throws everything but the luxe porcelain
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