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What I think happened after the film's ending


At the end of the movie, Miles is revealed for the murders of both Andi and Duke.
After Miles learned of the napkin's existence from Lionel, he killed Andi to prevent her from revealing it to the public. Immediately after the murder, he was seen leaving the house by Duke, who deduced Miles's involvement with Andi's death once news of it was released on the internet during the party. Duke attempted to blackmail Miles, prompting Miles to poison Duke with pineapple juice, which Duke was allergic to, before using Duke's pistol to shoot Helen. Helen locates the napkin in Miles's office and reveals her true identity to the group. However, Miles burns the napkin and smugly brags there is no evidence against him. With the group unwilling to side with her, Helen destroys Miles's glass sculptures before triggering the Klear-powered mansion to explode. This destroys the Glass Onion and the Mona Lisa, which Miles had had on loan from the Louvre. With Miles's reputation ruined due to the painting's destruction and Klear being proven as dangerous, the group decides they will testify against him. Helen and Blanc sit on the beach as they watch the police arrive.

Miles would be taken to court and the group including Helen, Claire and Lionel testify against him with Claire being forced to get involved with Klear. Miles would then lose millions (maybe billions) to Helen in the case and Helen would open up a fund in honor of her sister's memory, and the group would continue their respective careers while supporting Whisky after the loss of Duke.

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Nice sum up but I have one question for the plot which I don't get. If Miles murdered Andi, why isn't he completely buffled by her arrival at the island and doesn;t say anything to her? I mean you surely know when you successfuly killed someone or not.

Also why did he invite her in the first place but I assume that that was probably before the email about the napkin.

Lastly, isn't it far-fetched that nobobdy knew she had a twin sister?

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They ALL knew she had a twin sister, but none of them had ever MET Helen in person before.

Moreover, it's clear from the start that these people aren't the brightest bulbs, hence Birdie (Kate Hudson) only "figuring it out" after it had already been explained to her in detail (she also thought “sweatshop” meant “place where they make sweatpants”).

That's part of the gag -- that these supposed "disruptors" are all actually simple-minded posers who were lucky enough to ride Andi's genius to success.

And Miles wasn't baffled at all by Helen's appearance. He knew EXACTLY who she was, because he'd already killed her sister.

But Miles couldn't say anything without exposing himself. Here's Helen, looking and acting exactly like Andi. Anyone calling her out as Helen would draw suspicion as Andi’s killer. How else would they know so immediately?

That said, watch their interactions -- they play differently once you know the "secret." Miles is gobsmacked at Helen’s appearance — Norton literally plays it like someone seeing a ghost.

BTW, Miles invited Andi to the island because he invited ALL of them to his retreats. He did so this time fully expecting Andi NOT to show up just to rub her nose in her court loss. What Miles didn't count on was Andi, raging at his invite, accidentally discovering the original cocktail napkin.



BTW I've had this experience myself, in college, getting snubbed by a friend and only hours later realizing it was his identical twin visiting from another college. Where my friend was an outgoing social butterfly, his brother was introverted to the point of being antisocial. But their appearance was absolutely identical.

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Yeah, you pretty much summed it up.

The important point was Blanc and Helen's use of Miles's miracle fuel to destroy the Mona Lisa. Not only does that destroy his reputation (while giving him what he wanted, "to be remembered in the same breath as the Mona Lisa"), it sets the others free from their bondage to him.

THAT's why they turned on him. He no longer had any power over them.

It's kind of genius on Blanc's and Helen's parts to forcibly set them all free like that.

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Except for the part where they destroy one of Earth's great artistic and historical treasures, of course.
And where Miles charges them with arson and attempted murder.

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Would the group not face consequences for perjury?

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I doubt much happened to Miles. Where's the evidence? Some people saw a napkin burned? Where is the content of the napkin recorded and how will it be verified?

That's just for starters.

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That was the point of the elaborate and theatrical revenge (and destruction of the world's most famous painting, I guess that's just their collateral damage). They couldn't convict Miles, but they could ruin his company and his reputation and cost him billions.

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All true, but that wasn't the intent of the ending. They were lining up to perjure themselves in court. The script is too much style over a tiny bit of substance and not as clever as the script for Now You See It

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Alone for the politician this would be career suicide. They don't have to admit the perjure. What the ending just shows to the viewer is that they are now free from Miles.
What they still can do is that he murdered Duke after they found out he murdered Andi (Duke seeing him leaving her house last). And all because they wanted to stop Klear, but Miles wanted to force them to do it. Thus the politician and the scientist can save their career, not so sure about Birdie Jay. She maybe can admit to be just super stupid and forced in by Miles, but the Email will be still valid proof of her guilt.

tldr: The napkin does not have to come up at all during the lawsuit. The original is burnt, so never existed and Miles is ruined without this anyway.

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Sounds like a lot hearsay with no collaborating evidence.

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His business is totally down, if Miles will also lose the lawsuits who knows. But that was not the point. The question was if the others will admit the perjure, which they don't.

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Helen, Claire, Birdie & Lionel's testimony in court wouldn't let Miles loose the Lawsuit. There is no content (of the Napkin) left for verification. The evidence of Andi's intellectual input into the company is destroyed.

Claire, Birdie & Lionel will have to first admit that they lied during the first trial. This immediately gives an upper hand for the defense lawyer to label all three of them as unreliable witnesses.

Miles wouldn't even get convicted for the murders. There are no reliable evidence & witnesses.

Miles may get financially destroyed as he will have to pay huge amount to the authority who lent him the Mona Lisa (or imprisonment towards non-payment and negligence) unless he had insured the Painting along with the House and establish the cause of fire as accident.

Instead, it may happen that Helen along with Claire, Lionel, Whiskey gets convicted for tormenting & destroying the house and Mona Lisa. Only if Miles get convicted of Murders, their defense get warranted.

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The Louvre would not have rented the ML without insurance, so Miles is covered there also. The film is not nearly as clever as it thinks it is.

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Agreed

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Helen would never file a lawsuit because the company was worthless by the end of the movie. Miles poured all of the company’s resources into the hydrogen fuel concept then it literally and figuratively blew up in his face. I’m sure truth about the napkin would be revealed in testimony during Miles’ murder trial anyways and that’ll be enough for the court of public opinion

I think it’s probable that there’s a lot of evidence for Andi’s murder. Once the police arrived at the Island they would treat the accusations the group hurled against Miles seriously. Suddenly Andi’s death is investigated as a possible homicide. It’s very possible that he left DNA evidence at Andi’s house. He had to pick her up, take her to the garage, and then place her in the car. Then he searched her house for the envelope. Even without DNA evidence, he was stupid enough to drive his one-of-a-kind Porche to commit the crime. So investigators will start asking neighbors if they noticed the car that day, maybe even the general public. He’d get picked up by dozens of cameras on his drive from NYC to her house, maybe a neighbor’s security camera too. His car might have GPS history that he forgot to clear. There’s also copies of the fax Lionel sent him at his other properties. Since Miles got to Andi’s house so fast it’s also probable that he has a prescription for the sleeping pills that were in Andi’s system. Blanc made a point to declare Miles an idiot, so I’d expect many careless errors.

Financially, Miles is completely fucked as well. Aside from his legal bills and his worthless company, he is most certainly on the hook for value of the Mona Lisa because he installed an illegal override switch to the case. What’s worse is he’ll forever be known for installing the switch and burning the Mona Lisa. Nobody outside the group would know that Helen was actually the one that burned the painting, and Blanc was smart enough to deliberately avoid witnessing that.

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