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Continuity mistake: In the close-up of Helen igniting the alcohol on the floor, she moves the arm away from the floor and all the way out of frame, appearing also to get up from her kneeling position. A few seconds later in the wider view of the room she is still with her hand down. (02:04:15)

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Continuity mistake: When Helen is bashing the bar, the gestures of the other characters in the background are inconsistent from shot to shot (just look at Kate Hudson and Kathryn Hahn's reaction shots, for instance). Same when a few seconds later she throws pillows in the fire. (02:04:00)

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Continuity mistake: Helen pleads someone to say "I saw the napkin before he burned it." In the background, Miles is standing, hands down his sides. The camera cuts awa a split second on Claire and Lionel, and then there's a close-up of Edward Norton leaning with the back, and the palms of his hands, against the table. Same few moments later. (02:00:10)

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Other mistake: In the original version and in the flashback, Benoit Blanc's delivers the lines about the "loaded gun on the table" in a different way and gestures differently throughout it. (01:56:10)

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Plot hole: It's an established fact that the culprit is an idiot (actual quote), but still, not a COMPLETE idiot. Some things such as keeping the envelope as some sort of trophy are in line with the hubris of villains, but there's absolutely no reason at all why he would still have in the back pocket of his pants Duke's phone after having a ton of time to get rid of it (he got rid of the gun and a pair of gloves he had the time to go look for in the dark too), especially in a spot so visible and being known for not owning any phone himself. (01:53:40)

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Other mistake: During the first part of the movie, the Mona Lisa shield is triggered by all sorts of acute sound; phone alerts, speaking too loudly. Somehow it is also never released (one wonders how can it detect when the threat is over). At any rate, after the gag has run its course, in the third act the protection is not triggered anymore except when the plot makes it convenient (the lighter). (01:57:40)

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Other mistake: In the close-up of the article about Andi's death (the second time we see it, during the denouement, since the first time when Helen sees it the framing is too tight to notice), her full name (Cassandra) is misspelled in the body of the article ("Casandra"). It also mentions her sister Helen; if her identity is so well known and accessible, considering how high profile the trial was, it's borderline insane that nobody would know about her; the media would have been all over her. (01:54:00)

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Continuity mistake: When Helen reveals herself holding the envelope on the stairs, she holds it with one, then two hands in the two separate shots. (01:52:00)

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Continuity mistake: In the flashback, "Andi" is dead with her right arm on the last step in most shots (as she was the first time we saw the scene) or the one below (like when Blanc is crouching and curses saying "Sh*tballs." (01:45:20)

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Other mistake: The way Helen and Blanc clash into each other during the blackout differs radically between the first time and the lengthy flashback; in the flashback she is calling his name, and he tells her "There's great danger." Neither happened the first time we saw the scene. (01:07:00 - 01:43:20)

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Plot hole: In the flashback, Whiskey fired the speargun at Helen at the bungalow away from the main house as she was fleeing at the beginning of the blackout. She has no light source with her, but somehow in the earlier showing of the events she was one of the first people to pop up at the party room seconds after the blackout started, and with a loaded speargun. (01:06:00)

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Continuity mistake: In the argument between Birdie and Peg that Helen happened to record, Kate Hudson's hands are in a different position in her lap in the reverse shots when she says "There's no stopping it" and just after she admits "It's my secret phone." (01:37:25)

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Continuity mistake: In their bathroom consultation, Blanc compliments Helen about the 'interesting stuff about Whiskey'; he is leaning on the sink, and then suddenly he's gesticulating with that same hand. (00:01:29)

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Continuity mistake: Whiskey is walking with Helen towards the pool. When they are under a colonnade, the Taurus pendant shifted towards her left pectoral much more than it was in the previous shot. (01:26:50)

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Character mistake: In the flashback, Blanc tells Helen that when Miles will pull him aside to explain his presence, that is when it will be her chance to 'snoop'. However, that piece of dialogue is just unnecessarily wrong since the whole distraction with Miles lasts just a few minutes, does not facilitate at all her snooping, and all the other guests are in their rooms just unpacking and hanging out. If anything, Miles keeping the other guests entertained and gathered together is what would facilitate her. (01:25:45)

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Continuity mistake: In the flashback, Helen tells Blanc as he kneels to tie the shoelace "Duke and Birdie, I think they're onto me." Notice the sunglasses poking from the top of the frame, and the right hand that moves away showing that the shades are in her left hand. But it cuts back on her in a shot from the waist up and her glasses are in the right hand. (01:25:35)

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Continuity mistake: The night before the boat trip, Blanc tells Helen "This is your last chance to back out"; his forearm for just that shot is on the back of the bench. (01:24:55)

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Continuity mistake: Andi topples the shelf and various books fall off scattering on the floor. In particular, "The Innovator's dilemma" is propped on top of a different open book. In the close-up where she pulls the napkin out of it, the book shifted without anyone touching them. (01:23:30)

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Continuity mistake: When Helen shows Blanc the notepad where she drew the Clue-style tab, the letters are drawn in a different way from the close-ups (most obvious hint; the M for motive does not touch the grid). (01:24:20)

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