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Like Stephanie thinking that her friendship with Emily was real and mutual, when it turns out that Emily can’t stand Stephanie. Or poor Stephanie thinking Sean loved her too, when it turns out she was a free nanny, chef, and sex partner for Sean.
THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS, CONTINUE AT YOUR OWN RISK: I enjoyed the build up of the book, but as soon as we found out about Emily's twin sister, it fell flat. I couldn't believe how stupid Stephanie was. How could she help Emily with disposing the body of the insurance collector?
Not sure if anyone has watched A Simple Favor yet, I caught a preview screening for this movie. For anyone who has read the book and disliked it like I did... let me just say that you're in for a treat, as the movie drastically changed the ending—in a good way.
Sep 14, 2018 · I've got all the details on the book and movie endings of A Simple Favor below, so keep reading if you want spoilers before you head off to theaters. Seriously, there are major spoilers...
- Not Everything Is Told from Stephanie's Perspective.
- Stephanie Is Much Creepier
- And Emily Is Almost nicer.
- Emily Specifically Picks Stephanie to Take Care of Nicky.
- Sean Has A Completely Different Job and Alibi.
- The Insurance Payout Is only $2 Million.
- Dennis Nylon Leads The Search For Emily.
- That Steamy Smooch Between Kendrick and Lively Never happens.
- The Whole Nude Painting Plot Line Isn't Included.
- Stephanie Has A Super Weird Relationship with Meat.
The plot unfolds through Stephanie's eyes as well as the cryptic narration of Emily and Sean. Readers receive a lot of insight into the main characters' motives, fears, parenting tips, etc. In the movie, there is no narrator, but most of what we see comes only from Stephanie's point of view — excluding a few solo Emily and Sean scenes. As a result,...
Way spookier than Anna Kendrick's take, book Stephanie pursues her relationship with Sean in a methodical and deceit-heavy way. From lying about liking Breaking Bad to eating meat for the first time in years, Stephanie changes dozens of aspects of her life to become the perfect housewife stand-in for Emily. Thing get very Stepford Wives, very fast....
At least on the surface. In the novel, Emily never curses out Stephanie and most of her blistering hot one-liners are reserved for her internal monologue. The change gave Lively's realization a lot more style and room for comedic delivery, but she is a far cry from the stoney woman in Bell's novel.
The movie gives the impression that Kendrick and Lively become friends through sheer happenstance. The boys want a playdate, Emily wants a drink, and presto: mommy buddies. Alternatively, Bell's telling involves Emily loosely stalking Stephanie to see if she'd make a good temporary nanny and "fish" for her plotting. Naturally, Stephanie's flawless ...
So, Sharzer didn't make Sean an architect, but she did pick something almost as clichéd. Sean is no longer a successful investment banker like he was in the book. Now, he's a former writer turned English professor. Presumably, this change was made to accommodate Sean's literary connection with Stephanie and that TA threesome plot line. (A thing tha...
Big screen, big fictional bucks. The insurance payout at stake is $4 million in the movie. I guess they were adjusting for 2017 to 2018 inflation? Wait, that can't be right.
In the book, Stephanie never breaks into Emily's old office pleading for the help of the fashion forward. Instead, she gets in touch with Dennis pretty easily. He holds a press conference and sends a bunch of interns to put flyers up around Connecticut. And when she returns from the dead, he refers her to a helpful psychic. What a guy.
You probably could have called this one yourself. The Emily and Stephanie kiss isn't in the book —although there is a description of Stephanie masturbating while thinking about what it would be like to be Emily. (Yes, be her. Not be withher.)
In the book, the prominent painting of Emily's nude body is replaced with a picture of a set of twins. It's just as symbolic, but isn't used to move the plot forward at all. As a result, none of Emily's past romances come into play and Stephanie never visits the art studio of a knife-wielding lesbian. (See this movie for the Linda Cardellini scene ...
Novel Stephanie became a vegetarian following her brother's and husband's car "accident." They had been on their way to pick up steaks to grill for dinner and Stephanie instantly associates meat with death. Years later, when Stephanie moves in with Sean, she begins serving meat for dinner again. And that's goes totally fine. Right up until Nicky sc...
Jul 14, 2016 · A Simple Favor is a remarkable tale of psychological suspense—a clever and twisting free-fall of a ride filled with betrayals and reversals, twists and turns, secrets and revelations, love and loyalty, murder and revenge.
Stephanie takes it upon herself to find out what happened to Emily. She goes to Emily's job and meets her overbearing boss, designer Dennis Nylon (Rupert Friend). Afterwards, Stephanie sneaks into Emily's office and finds a black-and-white picture of Emily with "Gotta have faith" written on it.
