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Sep 2018
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Movie review - A Simple Favour

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Review - Despite the star power of Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick and the smart, women-led comedy director Paul Feig, A Simple Favour packs in too many tonal switches for its own good, says Simon Morris.  
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