Another Simple Favor

Plot hole: In the flashback recounting the events that led to the identity swap, Emily says her aunt was blackmailing her for 20 million dollars. The blackmail was based on Dante and Matteo's secret. It's never explained how on earth this person knew this hugely important secret that no one else but Emily and the two lovers was aware of, especially considering that Emily had no contact with her family at all.

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Plot hole: Emily learned Italian during her youth in Rome, thanks to her time there and Dante Versano's tutoring. Considering that a good portion of the movie we don't deal with the real Emily but with another person impersonating her, it's unclear how this imposter could have learned the language and everything else about the family, given she certainly didn't have years to prepare and Emily's life as "Olivia" was not publicly known.

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Audio problem: At the wedding bar counter, Sean talks to Stephanie about how toxic the ex's resentment is. Stephanie responds and looks toward Blake Lively and her family. In the following cut, the characters are silent, but you can see Henry Golding from behind moving his jaw as if he's speaking. (00:27:55)

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Emily Nelson: Thanks to you, I'm getting married.
Stephanie Smothers: How did that happen?
Emily Nelson: Oh, you know, the good, old-fashioned way.
Stephanie Smothers: Bathroom sex?

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Trivia: The bartender who fixes Stephanie a perfect martini at the evening party is Alessandro Palazzi, the cocktail maestro of international reputation in charge of Dukes in London – the same bar that Emily mentioned in the first film as the one with the best martinis in the world and her inspiration for her purist way of preparing martini cocktails. (01:05:20)

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Question: What's the significance of Linda meeting with Charity in Warfield as revealed by Irene's photos? It's never explained why they were there, of all places, since Emily meets them separately and in two different moments in Capri.

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