A Simple Favor (film)
A Simple Favor (film)
A Simple Favor is a 2018 American black comedy mystery film directed by Paul Feig from a screenplay by Jessica Sharzer, based on the 2017 novel) by Darcey Bell. It stars Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively, Henry Golding, and Andrew Rannells, and follows a small-town vlogger (Kendrick) who tries to solve the disappearance of her elegant and mysterious friend (Lively).
Plot
Emily shares that she is frustrated by the lack of success of her husband, English professor Sean Townsend, and their poor financial situation. Later, Stephanie reveals that after her father died when she was a teenager, she discovered she had a half-brother, Chris, whom she once kissed, though Emily correctly guesses that they had sex.
Plot
The sisters fled separately with a plan to reunite later. Faith did not turn up as agreed, but reappeared 14 years later. An alcoholic and heroin addict, she threatened to turn them both in to the authorities by confessing the patricide unless Emily paid her $1 million. Pretending to agree to the demand, Emily staged her own death by drowning Faith in the lake.
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