Friday, October 5, 2018

A Simple Favor (2018)

Director: Paul Feig. Cast: Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding. 117 min. Rated R. Comedy/Crime.

In a twist on the classic 1955 French thriller, Diaboliques (an attempt that failed with Sharon Stone and Isabelle Adjani in 1996), this husband-wife-mistress triangle will keep you guessing who's conniving, who's alive, and who's still dead, till the very end. Fieg keeps it honest by not only using French songs in the soundtrack, but also mentioning the movie Diaboliques in the dialogue, and seems to have finally made a movie where everything falls into place - mostly thanks to Kendrick and Lively's undeniable star quality, and partly to newcomer Golding, boasting a second great presence within a month.

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