"A Little Favor" is adapted from the 2017 Darcy Bell novel of the same name, which means that in the story, fashion publicist Emily (Breck Lively) asks her friend Stephanie (Anna Kendrick) to help pick up her son from school, because Stephanie's son and Emily's son are both attending the same kindergarten and are playmates, so the pick-up is a small matter for Stephanie.
It's just that after starting to help this little favor, the relationship between the two of them, from the seemingly good friend's management, to the bitch-faced girlfriend, the relationship of the hidden belly and the black heart.
"A Little Favor" has a bit of a suspenseful plot, as for the thriller? It depends on how you feel. Like I think it's not so scary (after all, paul Figg's film, there are still many comedic elements), the overall story is quite interesting, plus the actors are quite well-behaved, it is a film with a good evaluation, and the freshness of Rotten Tomatoes is 84%. The following I will analyze it in three parts: director, actor and plot.
Director Paul Figg in 2016 "Super Death Squad" evaluation and box office somewhat less than expected, directing "A Little Busy" is a return to his past best scene, if you have seen "Bridesmaids", you can know that his portrayal of female emotional characteristics, girlfriend friendship, has full skill.
This time, instead of using the old cast of the past and the popular comedy star Melissa McCarthy to star, he chose Anna Kendrick and Blake Levley to play the bitch's girlfriends in the play (the two really fit the role and played vividly). ), adding humorous dialogue, also received the effect of his past good at shaping the character into a three-dimensional way.
Anna Kendrick's local mother-type appearance, coupled with a bit of a prominent personality, really put Stephanie's envy of the perfect woman's heart, fully revealed, and with her play with Blake Lively played by the fashion public relations Emily, the contrast between the two is great, so that the two in the scene of each other, there are always a lot of sparks, and this spark and conflict, the more to the back of the drama to see.
In the past, Blake Lively was ignored for her acting skills because of her bright appearance, in fact, she is not a vase, and her acting skills in "A Little Favor" have been widely recognized. In the movie, she also has some Deadpool upper body like her husband Ryan Reynolds, swear words and fierceness until the last moment, still constantly making a.
The aura of her appearance in the film is completely in contrast to anna Kendrick's clumsiness, and the interaction between the two entering the mansion afterwards is a derivative of this play, and later the heart-to-heart.
As for the male character Of "A Little Favor", Shaun is played by henry Golding, a charming rich and handsome man in "Picking Gold", but this role is not so good in the play. Although it is blessed to enjoy the blessings of others, the price paid is really quite a lot. Being toyed with by Mrs. Emily, even Stephanie, who looks like a country girl, is more scheming than him.
The plot of "A Little Busy" is suspenseful to the last paragraph, the antagonistic drama of the three-person showdown is called "guessing", and then my film review has spoilers for the key ending, such as not watching the movie, it is recommended to read it after watching the movie.
"You are so kind, I really don't know how you survived to this day." It was Emily who first met Stephanie and said it, but was Stephanie really like that? It should be said, "Everyone has a dark side, but some people hide it better."
This is also after the two talk about each other's secrets, you can imagine that Stephanie is not so simple, she wants more attention and love, just like, she has a relationship with her half-brother, even if she is married, there is still ambiguity, Mr. Angry, jealous and angry driving to death, accompanied by Stephanie's brother. Overnight, both of her favorites died, but Emily asked her who she was upset about, and Stephanie couldn't answer.
Stephanie's insurance claim gives Emily the inspiration to clear the pressure of debt, and she discovers Stephanie's love of vanity and uses her as a nanny to cope with her temporary evaporation of human conveniences.
It's just that Stephanie is not so stupid, and her learning ability is amazing, and she quickly learns the golden sentences that Emily taught her, "You don't need to apologize, this is a bad habit of girls, you never have to feel sorry for anything", "You have to have something to say, especially the highest rank, otherwise they will kill you".
When confronted with his own struggle for survival, he strives to find answers, and like a detective, breaks Emily's trick of trying to use the corpse to swindle money.
It turns out that Emily has twin sisters (in the play Emily says that the solution is triplets), they have an evil adolescent growth process, but after 14 years of running things, the sister is desperate, in turn blackmailed Emily, and Emily will plan, drown her sister, and then defraud the insurance money.
It's just that Emily's ruse is discovered, and in order to get rid of the suspicion, she redesigns to marry her husband Sean. In the last scene, the three are in the mansion, it seems that Stephanie is going to force Emily's confession, but Emily is not so weak and quickly recognizes, but Stephanie, who is already a million live broadcaster, uses hidden high-tech and wears a button camera in clothes to record everything.
At the end of the film, the jokes and recent situations of the two people are made, stephanie is not only a popular Internet celebrity, but also a detective who helps fans solve cases. As for Emily being put in jail, she adapted quite well in prison.
The names of the twins in the play, "Faith" and "Hope", some metaphor for what human nature does after these two values are shattered, the more deviant it becomes. In the part of "A Little Favor", Emily's role is somewhat similar to the witch Aimi of "Control", but the witch Aimi's heart is still more unpredictable.