for all its ludicrous plot twists and a mystery that falls too conveniently into place, "A Simple Favor" is just fun. It's light and frothy....it's all perfectly twisty and engrossing
clever, knotty, and sporadically sexy thriller; The film feels a lot like the Serge Gainsbourg number that Stephanie dances to in the kitchen: jazzy, a little sleazy, and worth a cult following
a sinuous thriller with as many twists and turns as a mountain road; The sleek film adaptation is part "Gone Girl", part "Hitchcock" film, unexpectedly shot through with director Paul Feig's signature wry humor
a film that is both very entertaining and exceedingly stupid; "A Simple Favor" is compulsively watchable, a downmarket spin on "Gone Girl" and "The Girl on the Train" that is enthralling mostly because it's never clear what is going to happen next
a cocktail that looks better than it tastes; The movie never sheds its aura of talented people trying to class up cheap material..an indication of Feig's difficulty weaving the comedic and noir elements into a satisfying whole
