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A Simple Favor

2018 · 117 min · Director: Paul Feig ★ IMDb 6.7 · 192,504 ratings

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Stephanie, a widowed mother, who also runs a cooking vlog, befriends Emily, an upper-class secretive woman whose child goes to same elementary school as of Stephanie's. Suddenly Emily goes missing and Stephanie starts investigating, only to find dark secrets, which changes the life of Stephanie forever.

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A Simple Favor (2018) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Curiosity 30%, Humor 25%, Surprise 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor25%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Curiosity, Humor, Surprise. Genres: Comedy, Mystery, Crime. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Curiosity, Humor and Surprise. Its IMDb rating of 6.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 69/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Curiosity
  • Tension
  • Surprise

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Surprise

Dominant emotion: Tension

Curiosity
Tension
Surprise
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityCuriosityTensionSurprise
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity42 %33 %17 %8 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Humor44 %34 %18 %14 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Curiosity46 %39 %24 %19 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Curiosity50 %46 %33 %20 %
22.5 %≈ 26′Curiosity53 %51 %39 %18 %
27.5 %≈ 32′Curiosity53 %50 %38 %16 %
32.5 %≈ 38′Sadness56 %39 %35 %18 %
37.5 %≈ 44′Sadness63 %35 %39 %20 %
42.5 %≈ 50′Curiosity65 %53 %48 %29 %
47.5 %≈ 56′Curiosity65 %64 %53 %37 %
52.5 %≈ 61′Curiosity64 %59 %51 %36 %
57.5 %≈ 67′Sadness60 %55 %43 %28 %
62.5 %≈ 73′Curiosity58 %59 %34 %25 %
67.5 %≈ 79′Curiosity63 %64 %44 %38 %
72.5 %≈ 85′Surprise70 %64 %61 %50 %
77.5 %≈ 91′Tension71 %61 %66 %48 %
82.5 %≈ 97′Tension71 %59 %68 %44 %
87.5 %≈ 102′Tension76 %53 %74 %51 %
92.5 %≈ 108′Tension82 %45 %78 %62 %
97.5 %≈ 114′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Anna Kendrick

Stephanie Smothers

Henry Golding

Sean Townsend

Rupert Friend

Dennis Nylon

Linda Cardellini

Diana Hyland

Bashir Salahuddin

Detective Summervile

DB
Danielle Bourgon

Grace, Stephanie's Mom

KM
Kelly McCormack

Stacy

AR
Andrew Rannells

Darren

IH
Ian Ho

Nicky Nelson

JS
Joshua Satine

Miles Smothers

PJ
Paul Jurewicz

Bobby Chelkowsky

RD
Roger Dunn

Bruce Hargrave

JO
Jason Oliveira

Diego

AL
Ava LaFramboise

Lulu

Jean Smart

Margaret McLanden

Sarah Baker

Maryanne Chelkowsky

Details

Directed by
Paul Feig
Written by
Paul Feig, Jessica Sharzer, Darcey Bell
Type
Movies
Released
2018
Runtime
117 min
Country
Canada, United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.7 · 192,504 ratings
Feels mostly
Curiosity
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