Searching

Searching (2018)

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The detective investigating the case admits she was involved in Margot's disappearance. Her son Robert was stalking Margot online and became friends with her, using the alias "fish_n_chips". He asked her for money, claiming his mother had cancer and needed financial help.

However after getting the cash from her he felt guilty and wanted to return it. He didn't want to admit his identity to her, so followed her at night to a lake, then sneaked into her car, with her unawares. She attacked him in her surprise, and panicking, Robert pushed her into a ravine. He called his mother for help, and when the Detective Vick arrived she pushed Margot's car into the lake, where it was later found. She then forced a convict to fake a confession to Margot's murder, before killing him herself.

The detective tells them that she assumed the fall killed Margot, hence trying to cover everything up. Even if she'd survived, Vick assumed she would have died from dehydration by now. Margot's father and the police investigate the ravine, hoping a recent rainstorm would have helped her survive, and they find her alive. Margot and her dad start to repair their fractured relationship.

Jon Sandys

Continuity mistake: After David has sent his daughter texts asking since when does she not text at school, it shows he's in a video conference with some other people split onto 3 screens on his computer. The image of his boss above and the image of the 3 people to the left of David's video never changes. However, upon cutting to closer or further angles of David's video, it frequently switches back and froth from a mirrored image or not. Despite there being no reason for it switching depending on the movie's camera. (00:15:40)

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Trivia: The live-action footage was shot in less than two weeks. However, the film itself took nearly two years to complete start-to-finish due to the extensive animation and licensing needed, and the complex editing processes.

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