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The movie had a giant plot hole


The arrest scene was a giant plot hole. Ingrid killed her boyfriend in a way that was very difficult to prove and would have to be dealt with advanced forensics and good detective work before she was even taken in as a person of interest. And even if she was ''suspected'' she would first be taken for questioning before ever being arrested. She used a combination of a poisonous flower and a potency enhancing drug which she rubbed all over areas he would touch and on forks and knives. His death would also be rather slow and could appear like he succumbed to an unknown ailment etc.

In the film they arrest her seemingly a few days after he died and say '''You're being charged with murder'' and drag her off to the police station with a quickie court proceeding where she is found ''guilty''. That wouldn't have happened unless she shot him out in the open street at 4 P.M lol.

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I’m watching this now and caught that. Murder trials can take many months or even a year to process. At one point the mom says from jail it’s been six months. Lol

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Her daughter hadn't even been taken to that Bakersfield foster home yet at the time of her mothers ''Life sentence'' in court. That was seemingly within days. But her arrest had to be the most ridiculous with the statement from the officer ''You're being charged with the murder of Barry!!''. Yeah, that wouldn't happen in real life. She would be questioned for months before they even had enough evidence to charge her. The way she killed him was too discrete for immediate murder charges.

This is the kind of thing that would be dragged on for years in real life. They may have never had enough evidence to even convict her.

This makes me realize how ridiculous the movie was though I liked some elements of the story. The arrest and trial really downgrades the films quality.

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Well, they have to fit it in to a 2 hour time frame or less. So there is that.

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