Continuity: When Quoyle, Agnis, and Bunny come to their Newfoundland house they have to leave the car at quite a distance because of the snow. When you see them arriving at the house on foot the car is parked much closer than in the previous shot.

Continuity: When Quoyle talks to Agnis when she is reading sitting on the cliffs the rock she is leaning against changes from shot to shot. In the last shot from a distance she is sitting not leaning against anything.

Continuity: When Quoyle capsizes his boat, after reacting to the sight of the headless corpse, he swims over to a cooler that is floating a few yards away. As the camera pans back, showing a helpless Quoyle floating in the ocean, there is no sign of the corpse in the shot.

Continuity: When Quoyle and Bunny sit at the table in their yard talking about life and death, there is no space between their bodies. In one shot one can see their backs as a reflection in the window, with a gap of about 10 inches between them.

Continuity: When Quoyle meets Petal for the first time she gets into his car totally drenched. A bit later they stop for something to eat, and Petal's hair is completely dry.

Continuity: When the protagonists fly kites on the cliffs Bunny is wearing red shoes. When they come back her shoes are grey.