The Firm (1993) - 13 mistakes

Continuity: Mitch and Abby are on a rooftop overlooking the Memphis skyline. The setting sun is brightly shining at the top of the screen. After only 45 seconds of dialogue, the sun is almost completely set. The sun would have needed at least 15 minutes to travel that far.

Continuity: When Tom Cruise first encounters Gene Hackman, Gene is nonchalantly leaning in a doorway with both hands in his pockets. In the next shot, Gene is holding a briefcase that wasn't there before. It's a good thing the briefcase arrived, since Gene makes mention of it immediately after.

Factual error: When Mitch is talking to his brother Ray in prison, Ray mentions that he would never mention to the guys in prison that he has a brother at Harvard. He then sends Mitch to visit his former cellmate, Eddie Lomax. In the next scene, Eddie then proceeds to tell Mitch that he practically went to law school with Mitch because his brother talked about him everyday, even though Ray just finished mentioning that he would never tell anyone about his brother's attendance at Harvard Law.

Visible crew/equipment: When Mitch is on the run and attacks window to break the glass, in the left corner of the screen a crewmember can be seen. And again, when the albino jumps up 49 seconds later to look outside.

Continuity: In the scene where Tom Cruise is crossing over to Mud Island, you can see the reflection of the rotor blades form the helicopter that is filming on the monorail car.

Continuity: As Tom Cruise is leaving Mud Island on a monorail car he passes another car with a Firm henchman in it. They see each other and the man gets out and runs across the bridge to catch Tom as his car stops. This is impossible since there are really only two cars which end up on both sides at the same time.

Plot hole: In Cayman, Abby drugs Avery's drink at dinner. It takes effect as they return to the bungalow, and Avery passes out on the foot of the bed, fully clothed. In the next shot, Abby is in the kitchen, carrying the Mafia files. The bedroom is seen in the background, only now Avery is under the covers and without a shirt. After being knocked out by a "Mickey Finn," he wouldn't wake up, undress, and get into bed. Nor would Abby be able to do this - he is too heavy and bulky for her to move and undress alone, plus she would not have enough time to do that and also transport the many files, get them copied, and return them to the bungalow before Avery awoke. Avery would also be suspicious, knowing he was ill and had passed out atop the bed, but awoke undressed under the covers.

Continuity: 3/4 of the way through, Tom's boss is talking to Tom's wife at the school through a chain-link, and every time the scene switches between the two, the position of his fingers in the fence changes.

Factual error: Early in the movie, Mitch is shown walking through a lounge at Harvard Law School. The lounge has multi-colored chairs and couches. It does not exist at Harvard. This lounge is actually the Mark Twain's Lounge in the University Center on the campus of The University of Memphis.

Factual error: American law schools graduate students in mid-May. Tom Cruise and his wife drive from Boston, Mass. to Memphis, Tenn. to take the new job pending the bar exam, which is given in late July. So why during that late Spring/early Summer are autumn leaves falling?

Continuity: The bench where Denton Voyles is sitting has been taken from the area under the trees near the Lincoln Memorial and moved out about ten yards; I suppose to provide maximum privacy when Voyles asks Mitch to rat on the mafia.

Plot hole: When Mitch and Tammy are in the diner (trying to be inconspicuous about talking to each other), Tammy is describing to Mitch the men who shot Eddie. How can this be? She never saw them because she was under the desk. There is no way she could know that one had white hair and blue eyes.

Continuity: In the scene when Abigail and Mitch part. Abigail gets into the car and starts the engine but doesn't reach for the seatbelt. The camera switches to Mitch, he says "Take care of yourself" and then it cuts back to Abigail driving away but this time wearing a seatbelt. The time between the two cuts is too short for putting the seatbelt on, especially because Abigail didn't even make a move to reach for it before the first cut.