Anna Kendrick’s ‘A Simple Favour’ Is Deeply Silly And Ultimately Disposable
husband, it’s almost like he’s parodying his sneering Fifty Shades villain. The tone of the whole is embodied in the form of Bashir Salahuddin, an investigative detective ... unbearable levels of earnestness; starting with the opening montage, which sets the emotionally-shameless tone with its dead-mom backstory (instantly, hilariously foreshadowed by a ‘doctor’s checkup’ calendar update