Can you keep a secret?
Stephanie, a dedicated mother and popular vlogger, befriends Emily, a mysterious upper-class woman whose son Nicky attends the same school as Miles, Stephanie's son. When Emily asks her to pick Nicky up from school and then disappears, Stephanie undertakes an investigation that will dive deep into Emily's cloudy past.
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Contemporary, spare, unpretentious and cool.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Anna KendrickStephanie Smothers
- Blake LivelyEmily Nelson
- Henry GoldingSean Townsend
- Rupert FriendDennis Nylon
- Linda CardelliniDiana Hyland
- Bashir SalahuddinDetective Summervile
- Danielle BourgonGrace, Stephanie's Mom
- Kelly McCormackStacy
- Andrew RannellsDarren
- Ian HoNicky Nelson
Crew
- Paul FeigDirector
- Jessica SharzerScreenplay
- Paul FeigWriter
- Darcey BellNovel
- John SchwartzmanDirector of Photography
- Theodore ShapiroOriginal Music Composer
- Brent WhiteEditor
- Jessie HendersonProducer
- Paul FeigProducer
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