Continuity: In the scene at Jack Nicholson's retirement party, check out his wine glass during the second toast. It keeps changing positions.

Continuity: In the scene where Warren Schmidt's daughter, Jeannie, has made him lunch and they are having a conversation about the choice of coffin he purchased for her mother's funeral, there is a vacuum cleaner that appears, disappears and moves from right to left of a built-in wall curio cabinet. This vacuum cleaner action takes place in the closeup shots of Jeannie, to her right.

Continuity: In the scene where they're having his retirement dinner and his friend makes his 'this all doesn't mean shit' speech, the food on Jack Nicholson's plate decreases without him eating it, then increases without any evidence of anyone serving him more.

Continuity: In the scene where Warren's daughter, Jeannie, fixes him a sandwich for lunch; while on camera, Warren is seen taking two bites from the sandwich. The sandwich is shown with a bite missing and then appears later to have been uneaten.