The first reactions to Another Simple Favor have arrived following its premiere at 2025's South by Southwest. Another Simple Favor, which will hit Amazon's streaming service on May 1, takes place after the events of the first 2018 film,

Blake Lively returns as the fearsome and fashion-forward femme fatale, opposite Anna Kendrick, reprising the role of true-crime obsessed mommy influencer Stephanie Smothers. And while their chemistry onscreen is as good as it was in the 2018 movie, Another Simple Favor is at its best when it lets Lively cut loose in blooming psycho-biddy fashion.

Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively 's long-awaited sequel Another Simple Favour has debuted with a fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes following its first reviews. The Prime Video follow-up to 2018's A Simple Favour sees the pair's characters Stephanie Smothers and Emily Nelson reunite in Italy for Emily's extravagant wedding to a rich Italian businessman.

In the follow-up to campy mystery 'A Simple Favor,' Emily Nelson and Stephanie Smothers reunite for a wild adventure in Capri.

The Prime Video follow-up to the 2018 hit, titled Another Simple Favour, reunites characters Stephanie Smothers and Emily Nelson. Emily is set to wed an Italian businessman – though it looks set to be a bloody affair.

Anna Kendrick found ways to avoid questions about co-star Blake Lively at SXSW, where she was promoting "Another Simple Favor."

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The SXSW premiere of "Another Simple Favor" was a smashing success for Lively amid her legal drama with Justin Baldoni.

Blake Lively made a rare public appearance as she and "It Ends with Us" director Justin Baldoni litigate alleged on-set misconduct in court.