A Simple Favor

Continuity mistake: When the SWAT team bursts into Darren's house, he puts his hands up, holds nothing, and yet somehow the packet of crisps appears on the table by him. (01:47:20)

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Continuity mistake: After the police raid at Darren's, Emily is talking while she moves the gun around. During certain cuts ("manipulate the system", "I mean, sort of perfect", "f**king crazy, haven't you?") she has her gun tilted in opposite directions. (01:47:30)

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Continuity mistake: When the villain runs away after shooting Sean, in close-up Sean is sporting a lot of blood that spreads quite a bit around the entry wound. When Stephanie runs after them, Sean's wound has just a single trickle. (01:49:10)

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Continuity mistake: In the final confrontation between Stephanie and Emily, the shadows on the asphalt change radically (full sun to full shadow) during the sequence. (01:49:20)

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Continuity mistake: Stephanie shows Faith the tiny camera that is live streaming her confession at the end. Faith starts running away and we see the feed from the camera on Stephanie's chest move forward. Cut to Stephanie who is stationary, but then starts to move.

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Continuity mistake: Outside during the funeral reception, Sean and Steph are dealing with Nicky. The camera cuts to the parents of the kid's classmates gawking at the scene, but before and after they can be seen in background through the window minding their own business and chatting oblivious to what happens outside. (00:43:30)

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Emily: Did you just take my picture? Erase it.
Stephanie: I guess I'm not the kind of person you're normally friends with.
Emily: Oh, you don't want to be friends with me, trust me.

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Trivia: The protagonist browses the archives of local newspapers to research more into the fire of May 3rd 2003. The news at the very top right of the front page, by the title "Town treasurer celebrates his re-election after disputed elections" features a mugshot of the director of the movie, Paul Feig. (01:20:25)

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