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Today I'll show you a crime-drama film: "A simple favor"
Spoilers ahead, watch out and take care
The film begins with Stephanie talking to her mommy-vlog about baking cookies;
and she becomes emotional when she explains that her best friend Emily is missing
Stephanie asks for help in finding her friend, because the friend left her son with her
The film flashbacks when Stephanie explains how she met her best friend, Emily
One day, their kids had a school event, so Stephanie brought food,
and took pictures of the students
The teacher asked the parents if anyone saw Emily; and they did not know where she was
Stephanie met the kids outside of the school
The son of Stephanie, had a playdate with Emily's son
Then, Emily showed up at a dramatic entrance
The kids ask if they can play together, and at first Emily hesitated,
but ends up letting Stephanie and her son come along, so their kids can play
In Emily's house, the kids instantly run to her son's room to play
Stephanie and Emily go inside too, and discuss the nude painting of Emily in her house
They chit chat a bit as Emily turns on some music to play, and leaves the room to get some booze
Stephanie starts to dance to the music; and Emily catches her dancing
Emily starts making their drinks in the kitchen; and she talks about her husband
As they both talk about her husband,
Stephanie suddenly remembers the car crash accident that killed her husband
They continue to talk and sip on their booze; then Emily's husband arrives and flirts with her
After flirting with Emily, her husband goes upstairs to shower
Stephanie offers to help Emily with picking up her son from school, whenever she needs any help
The following day, Stephanie is going to her son's school; then she receives a call from Emily
She asks Stephanie if she can take her son home, since she is busy with work
So Stephanie brings the kids to the park, and lets them play;
and after a while, Emily meets them there
Stephanie takes a picture of Emily, but Emily gets upset, and asks her to delete it
Stephanie apologizes, and says she probably isn't the type of person Emily is usually friends with
They leave the park, and go to Emily's place for drinks
Stephanie gives her a bracelet; and they have a friendly time
Stephanie gets a little tipsy with Emily on the couch
Their conversations turn deeper,
as Stephanie tells her a secret that happened during her father's funeral
A stranger that resembled her deceased dad walked in;
and Stephanie finds out that he's her half-brother
After the funeral, Stephanie and her brother tongue massage each other
Emily teases her about the secret,
because everyone thinks that Stephanie is an innocent mom that only does good things
The next day, Emily calls Stephanie, and asks for a simple favor to get her son again
So she picks up the kids; and they have another playdate
It gets late; and Stephanie cannot contact Emily after many calls and texts
Stephanie calls Emily's assistant, and finds out that Emily is out of town
Stephanie calls Emily's husband next, who is at the Hospital taking care of his mother
He explains the situation, and says he will pick up their son the next day at Stephanie's house
Emily's husband decides to hang up,
but gets stopped when Stephanie tells her concern about her friend;
and Stephanie suggests they ask the police for help
Moments after, the police come to Stephanie's house, and they explain the situation to the officers
Emily's husband and Stephanie start to talk about Emily's mysteriousness
The husband describes Emily as someone anyone can get close to, but can't quite reach her
He also describes her as a beautiful ghost, who is never entirely there
Their talk ends when Emily's husband decides to go home;
but Stephanie tells him the taxis aren't available, since it's past midnight
She lets Emily's husband sleep on her couch
The following day, Stephanie vlogs again,
and explains that Emily's husband could not be the suspect,
since he was in London when she went missing
So Stephanie decides to investigate the matter on her own, to find out why Emily is missing
She decides to go to Emily's office to find out more information
The receptionist ignores her, but this does not stop her
She patiently waits for Emily's boss,
and asks him if he knows where she is; but the boss also doesn't know
Stephanie is not satisfied with their answer,
so she decides to sneak into the office to snoop around
In Emily's office, she finds a picture
Stephanie is in shock, and grabs the photo while leaving the building
The boss catches her; but she is able to escape
At the elevator, she looks at the picture and sees Emily's image
Stephanie and Emily's husband are posting missing posters everywhere in town,
hoping that the people would help them find Emily
After posting, Stephanie prepares dinner at Emily's place
The doorbell rings; and they are greeted by an investigator
The investigator tells the husband that Emily did not buy a ticket to Miami
They can't track her down; but a team is on their way to still search for Emily
The scene goes back to Stephanie's mommy-vlog,
where she explains more how to identify the car Emily last used
The next day, she receives an email,
saying that the person might have seen Emily's car; but she isn't certain
Stephanie takes quick action, and consults the husband about the information
While Stephanie and Emily's husband are talking,
the husband receives a call from the police; and they tell him to go to a location
They have found Emily's car near a lake, and Emily's body is seen nearby
After the funeral, everyone goes to Emily's place to mourn her death
We can see that Emily's son is upset, so he pushes Stephanie's son and hurts him
Emily's husband pulls his son away from the other kid
After that, Emily's son blames Stephanie for his mom's death;
and he thinks Stephanie is trying to be his new mom
Stephanie explains the situation to Emily's son, and comforts him
Stephanie approaches Emily's husband, and comforts him too; so they end up having an intense moment
During the day, Stephanie plays some music in Emily's house
She takes the painting, and puts it in the closet where all of Emily's clothes and shoes are placed
She wears a black dress from the closet; and suddenly the investigator rings the doorbell
She struggles to take the dress off, and opens the door
The investigator keeps asking her questions about Emily
The investigator tells her information about Emily's autopsy that shows heroin use
The investigator shows his suspicions with Stephanie, which makes her more nervous
The investigator asks Stephanie if she is aware that Emily's husband
took out a 4-Million life insurance policy from Emily,before she disappeared
Stephanie nervously answers him that she is unaware
When the investigator leaves, Stephanie immediately starts to look around the house for information
She finds a brown envelope with a note
While walking around their town, she spots Emily's husband with a woman, and they hug each other
At dinner, Emily's son says that he saw his mom at school,
which left the husband and Stephanie in shock
He adds that his mom has a message for Stephanie
They don't believe him, so the son gets upset and goes upstairs
During bedtime, Stephanie kisses the kids good night;
and suddenly, Stephanie gets an eerie feeling, when she spots the bracelet she gave Emily
The moment after, Stephanie talks to the husband about the son's story of seeing his mom,
but the husband tries convincing Stephanie that Emily is really dead,
since they both saw her with their own eyes
Then, the husband mentions that Emily stole his mother's ring;
and Stephanie gets confused because Emily told her that her mother in-law gave it to her
A flashback is shown, explaining how Emily stole the ring;
and the husband was upset by Emily's actions, but he couldn't do anything
The husband tells Stephanie about his feelings for her;
he says he is happy with her, and asks her to move in with them
Stephanie at first doesn't agree; but the husband tells her he loves her
The following scene, Stephanie is now moving into the house
Stephanie starts emptying Emily's clothes from the closet; and Stephanie decides to sell her house
While moving the rest of her things in, she dances as she enters Emily's old closet
She stops dancing in surprise, as she sees the closet is filled with Emily's clothes again;
and Stephanie couldn't contain her fear
The next day, Stephanie drives the kids home from school
Emily's son suddenly hands her an envelope, saying that it came from his mom
Stephanie loses focus, and almost crashes into another car
As they arrive home, she opens the envelope;
and Stephanie sees a picture of her husband and her brother, with 'brother fucker’ written on it
Then, an unknown number calls her, and she hears Emily's voice on the other line
Stephanie rushes to the husband's office to confront him
The husband calms her down
But as they talk, Stephanie sees the girl who hugged the husband before, knocks on the door
The girl calls him handsome, so Stephanie becomes more paranoid and goes home
Another flashback is shown of Stephanie telling more of her life story to Emily
A cutscene shows Stephanie and her son with her brother
Stephanie's husband saw them and got angry, so he called them to go inside
Her husband accused her brother of being her lover
Her husband asked her if he was really the father of their son
Her husband went for a drive with her brother, and that's when the car accident happened
This meant that Stephanie's husband intentionally crashed the car, which killed him and her brother
The cutscene ends and shows Emily comforting Stephanie
The following moment, Stephanie spots the signature of the painter on Emily's nude painting
She tracks it down and investigates again
Stephanie finds out that the girl in the painting is not actually Emily
The artist knows the girl in her painting very well, and all her paintings were about her
The artist pushes a box of Emily's things towards Stephanie, and gives it to her
She sees a shirt with a bible camp print, so Stephanie proceeds to check out a Bible Camp
She views the past photobooks of the former campers
Stephanie spots Emily with her twin
Her investigation starts getting intense, as she finds more clues
She pretends to be someone else, and calls the twins' parents
Unfortunately, she did not obtain any helpful information
It is getting pretty dangerous; but this did not stop Stephanie
She goes to the twins' house, and pretends to be a cleaning lady
While cleaning, she spots the twins' pictures inside the house
She talks to the mother of the twins,
and the mother tells Stephanie stories of how the twins were very difficult to take care of
The woman tells the story about a fire burning their house down, which killed her first husband
Then the next moment, Stephanie vlogs,
and tells her viewers about Emily's past and her mysterious twin
She also tells her viewers that she is now going back home;
and the purpose of this announcement is to alert Emily
On the other end, as expected, Emily watches the vlog;
and she gets infuriated with Stephanie's video content
As Stephanie gets home, she writes an email about the clues she found in her investigation,
as she is planning to jeopardize Emily and her husband's plan,
for the 4 Million dollar insurance money
At a restaurant, Emily visits her husband; and they argue
The husband and Emily had planned for the insurance money to wire through,
because of their financial difficulties
But the husband did not expect to find Emily dead, which made things complicated
He says Emily was supposed to lay low; and the husband thought Emily really died
Emily tells her husband that if Stephanie tells the authorities about their plan,
she's bringing him down with her
The husband protests, but Emily pulls out a gun, and pretends to shoot him
She makes him choose between her or Stephanie, and records their conversation
The husband gets home, and he sees an insurance agent talking to Stephanie
When the agent leaves, the husband gets mad at Stephanie, for not telling him about the twin
Their argument ends, and the scene cuts to Stephanie at Emily's supposed grave,
where Emily shows up, and they have a drink together
They talk about their pasts; and Stephanie tries to guess what happened to their childhood,
and why the twins burned down their house
Emily explains that she and her twin separated ways,
so that they won't be caught because of the crime they committed
Their plans did not work out, so Emily worked on her own in New York
After her success, she decided to meet up with her sister again in their special cabin
When Emily saw her sister, she was sick and not in good shape
But then the sister wanted to tell the police the crime they committed before,
if Emily didn't give her money
Emily agreed, as long as she kept quiet
They went swimming in the lake; and that is where Emily drowned her sister
The body the police found before was hers, and not Emily's
Stephanie doesn't believe her story; and when Emily said that it was her husband's idea,
she did not trust her
Emily plays the voice, recording where her husband was saying mean things about Stephanie,
from the time they met at the restaurant
This convinces Stephanie that Emily is telling the truth
Emily has another plan of wanting to frame her husband
Stephanie cooperates;
and Stephanie plants evidence to convince the police that the husband is the mastermind
Emily hits her eye with a wrench to make it look like she was hurt
She comes home with a black eye; and the police arrest the husband
The news shows what happened to the husband;
and it also shows that he forced Emily to fake her death
After all that effort, the husband is still able to go home because of Emily
The following moment, Emily greets her husband in their home, and admits that she framed him
An upset Stephanie goes to their house, and points a gun at the husband
The moment becomes intense, as the husband and Emily argue in front of Stephanie
Stephanie threatens to kill the husband; but Emily does not want him dead
So Emily tries to convince Stephanie to drop the gun
Suddenly, Stephanie shoots the husband
Stephanie panics, realizing what she had just done
Emily suddenly confesses to killing her sister,
but she sees through the husband and Stephanie's ruse
She laughs and tells them to drop the act
Emily says she knew their plan, so she confessed to everything that she did,
knowing that the recording device planted on her dress was destroyed
After that, Emily brings out a gun, and shoots her husband on his shoulder
Emily is also planning to shoot Stephanie,but gets stopped by the hidden camera that Stephanie has;
Which means everything that's happening is on live stream
Emily tries to run and escape, but she can already hear the police cars coming
Stephanie runs after her, and she tries to convince Emily not to hide anymore for her son
Emily is about to shoot Stephanie; and suddenly, she gets run over by a car
Emily flips over and drops down
Right then, Emily is arrested by the police
Six months later, Stephanie gets famous for her vlogs, and reaches her 1 million subscriber count
The film ends with Stephanie finding her passion, to be a sleuth vlogger for cold cases
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