‘Another Simple Favor’ First Reactions Praise Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively’s “Top-Notch Chemistry”

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, A Simple Favor, and follows Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kendrick) and Emily Nelson (Blake Lively) as they head to the island of Capri for the latter’s lavish wedding. Emily is set to marry a wealthy Italian businessman, with murder and betrayal finding their way onto the agenda.

Friday evening’s screening was notably Lively’s first film premiere since her ongoing and well-publicized legal battle with her It Ends with Us director and co-star Justin Baldoni, and the actress was on scene in Austin.

Paul Feig was back in the director’s chair on this Simple Favor outing, telling The Hollywood Reporter ahead of the premiere, “I love Blake. I love working with Anna; I love working with Blake, and that’s all I can say. She’s a great collaborator, and I just love working with her.”

Speaking in front of the audience at the SXSW screening, Lively said that Emily Nelson was probably the favorite character she’s ever played. “I was really nervous on the first one, because I didn’t know if we were making a drama or a comedy. We asked Paul, and he said ‘Yes,’ which is not really an answer to the qeustion. But it worked out,” Lively said.

See what people on social media are saying below.

‘Another Simple Favor’ First Reactions Praise Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively’s “Top-Notch Chemistry”

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, A Simple Favor, and follows Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kendrick) and Emily Nelson (Blake Lively) as they head to the island of Capri for the latter’s lavish wedding. Emily is set to marry a wealthy Italian businessman, with murder and betrayal finding their way onto the agenda.

Friday evening’s screening was notably Lively’s first film premiere since her ongoing and well-publicized legal battle with her It Ends with Us director and co-star Justin Baldoni, and the actress was on scene in Austin.

Paul Feig was back in the director’s chair on this Simple Favor outing, telling The Hollywood Reporter ahead of the premiere, “I love Blake. I love working with Anna; I love working with Blake, and that’s all I can say. She’s a great collaborator, and I just love working with her.”

Speaking in front of the audience at the SXSW screening, Lively said that Emily Nelson was probably the favorite character she’s ever played. “I was really nervous on the first one, because I didn’t know if we were making a drama or a comedy. We asked Paul, and he said ‘Yes,’ which is not really an answer to the qeustion. But it worked out,” Lively said.

See what people on social media are saying below.