A Simple Favor

Keith Garlington

Its an odd movie thats all over the genre map yet it doesnt firmly land anywhere. ( Read More )

Brittany Patrice Witherspoon

And ultimately, this black comedy is at its best when it concentrates less on its tricks and more on the psyche of its complicated characters. ( Read More )

Noah Berlatsky

But, unfortunately, the film is too true to its classic sources; like many a noir and gothic thriller past, the impetus to assure the audience that normalcy and decency wins out in the end undermines the fun in favor of staid moralism and just desserts. ( Read More )

117mins A Simple Favor wants it both ways, hoping to be a stylish, twisty, trashy thriller while simultaneously acting superior to the genres slinky pleasures. ( Read More )

Emily Yoshida

Despite its sunny Connecticut suburb setting, its a straight ahead noir, in its chatty, perverse, popcorn y original recipe. ( Read More )