IndieWire’s review deemed the sequel and the “Simple Favor” series the “closest thing moviegoers have to a true daytime soap opera,” adding that it could be “easy to see this series carry on as an enjoyably ludicrous store-brand, ‘White Lotus’ travel anthology.”

Murder and betrayal fill the air as Stephanie Smothers and Emily Nelson reunite for an extravagant wedding in Italy in the Amazon sequel from director Paul Feig.