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Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2005) - 28 corrections

Directed by Doug Liman, starring Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Vince Vaughn (add more)

Genres: Action, Comedy, Romance, Thriller

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When the Company attacks John and Jane in their house, laser beams are seen coming through the curtains. One of the beams moves sideways as if the gunman is looking around. But the beam only changes direction - it comes from the same spot in the curtain - which means that the gun must have been held right behind the curtain. Otherwise the spot on the curtain would have moved sideways. [The gunmen were right outside the house so their beams wouldn't move much if they were holding them close to the windows.]
Edit Corrected by jhoffman100@yahoo.com Time
When the Smiths are preparing themselves to take on the final set of enemies at the end of the film, they are in what appears to be a wooden shed. Why do the bad guys not simply shoot it? They've got a lot of guns, including at least one rocket launcher. They should have been able to manage it between them. [Character decision, not a mistake. The bad guys know the two are cornered inside the shed, they have time to set up their positions around it and wait for them to come out. Firing blindly at the shed would not ensure hitting them.]
Edit Corrected by BocaDavie
When John Smith is receiving information on Benjamin "Tank" Diaz, he is told the only weak spot is 10 miles north of the border. Jane Smith is told the only weak spot is just south of the border. Even though they receive different areas to go to, they show up at the same place. [Different borders. Their agencies are working out of neighboring countries.]
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In the scene when Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are being chased by their headquarters on the freeway, Brad Pitt opens the trunk of the van they are driving in. In the type of van they were driving you can only open the trunk if it's in park and it wasn't their van, it belonged to their neighbours, so it wouldn't have any special treatment. [If you watch the scene again you will see John press a button on the inside roof of the minivan that opens the boot, so obviously this type of minivan is capable of opening whilst the van is moving.]
Edit Corrected by The-Immortal
In the scene where Jane is watching the wedding video, there is a shot where we see the screen. You hear John saying "I, John", but his lips don't move. [Try it, you can say that without moving your lips.]
Edit Corrected by shortdanzr
In the car chase against the three BMW's, John shoots at them with his pistol, and we see the bullets bouncing off, Jane makes mention that they are "bullet proof" One BMW gets blown up with the grenade, yet a little while later Jane throws the mini van in a 180 and takes out the remaining 2 BMW's with her pistol. [I might be wrong, but I believe all of the shots that bounced off of the car were aimed at the glass since John was trying to shoot the driver. When Jane shoots at the vehicle she shoots through the frame of the vehicle into the wheel well. Bullet proofing of the glass does not constitute bulletproofing of the entire frame.]
Edit Corrected by David Little
In the scene where John (Brad Pitt) chases Jane (Angelina Jolie) and John crashes into the fence Brad Pitt actually slipped and the surprised look on his face is real. [This in fact is not true at all. I was intentional. It is mentioned on the 2 disc special edition DVD.]
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When Jane is driving her BMW with John on the roof, she jumps out when John breaks through the window. the car then proceeds to accelerate through the trees and into the air. The road is not downhill and Jane didn't place anything on the gas pedal. [Jane could have easily put the car on cruise control, which would have made the car go without having anything on the gas pedal or making the car go down a hill.]
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After John has supposedly fallen to his death in the elevator scene he shows up at the restaurant where Jane is celebrating his death and Jane asks him a question and calls him Tom instead of John. [Incorrect, she says "So what do you want John?".]
Edit Corrected by Andreas[DK]
Toward the end of the shootout in the hardware store, Jane throws a knife that accidentally gets John in the leg. When he pulls it out, it sounds like it's being pulled from a steel sheath, but the knife was being pulled from skin and bone, so it shouldn't have made that sound. [Actually, it is being pulled from the high-tech, plastic bulletproof suit John is wearing under his clothes, and which is seen later on when he rips his shirt off in the "shed". Notice how he shows no sign of injury from the knife, other than mild annoyance when it hits him? That's because the knife never even penetrates his skin.]
Edit Corrected by Twotall
In the scene when Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are in the Home store, Angelina spots two mannequins with clothes on. The female mannequin is wearing "housewife" clothes and the male mannequin is wearing a suit, yet when they come out after getting changed they are both wearing suits. [This is not a plot-hole, but rather was done on purpose to fool with audience expectations. When she sees the mannequins, the audience is lead to believe that they will return dressed as the mannequins are dressed, him as the husband and she as the wife. But sticking with the theme that they're both "tough guys", they both return dressed in the suit. This obviously fits with the theme of the entire movie and is not error.]
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In the scene where John and Jane are in her car, after John has accidentally shot at her, Jane bails out and leaves John in the backseat. The car then runs over some trees and goes in the air, at this time John is seen and then completely disappears. [Actually, because the scene takes place in the dark and at a distance it can be deceptive. What happens is that John drops to the seat to prepare for the impact of the impending crash.]
Edit Corrected by OneHappyHusky
When Jane and John are in the lift at the end, the lights are on. When they come out of it with guns blazing, the lights are suddenly out. [Maybe the Smiths destroyed the lights to make the elevator darker, making them harder to spot when the elevator doors opened and the enemies started shooting at them.]
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During the car chase scene, the minivan driven by Brad sometimes has its left tail light and sometimes does not. This mistake is visible several times during the scene. [Intermittent electrical connections happen, not a movie mistake.]
Edit Corrected by tw_stuart
At the end of the big fire fight in the homeware store, John and Jane both have dual Glock 18c Auto pistols. As they fire, the slides on the pistols never move. Also, the report is wrong. There should be a flash out of the top of the pistol toward the front due to cuts put in the barrel by Glock to help reduce muzzle climb. [I think the slides do move, they just move too fast to be picked up on the 24 frames per second of the film. Similar to the way old car wheels or helicopter blades often appear motionless. As to the report, you have no idea what modifications the different agencies do to their weapons. e.g. Many different countries have their own version of weapons, modified for export specifically for 1 organisation/military/police force etc.]
Edit Corrected by Soylent Purple
In a number of battle scenes we see red "laser" lines through the air, obviously from some firearm sighting gear. These would never be visible as lines unless the there was considerable dust in the air, you would only get a spot where the laser hit a surface. [Yes, but bullets are ripping through plaster, and cotton and sheetrock, etc., filling the air with fine dust that makes the lasers visible.]
Edit Corrected by Grumpy Scot
At the start of the movie Brad Pitt is driving a Cadillac. Later when he is racing to make it home before Angelina Jolie, the front view of his car as he slides into the driveway is a Lincoln. It isn't until much later in the movie that he steals a Lincoln limousine. [When he is racing home is directly after he stole the limo from the guy. Therefore, he would be driving a Lincoln.]
Edit Corrected by shortdanzr
In the scene when they are trying to kill each other in their own house, John pulls the gas line out of the stove. Jane fires her gun, causing an explosion. The fire then goes out on its own. The fire should have kept going, as gas lines don't shut off by themselves. [Many modern houses nowadays have a safety feature connected to the gas valve outside, which shuts off the gas in case of an earthquake. So the explosion could have shaken the house and lines to the point where the emergency shut off kicked in.]
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When Jane smashes into Johns car, her head lights still work. The hood is not smashed, and no breakage can be seen on the lights at all. John's car, however, is pretty banged up on the right hand side. [Like it has been said in other entries and corrections, John and Jane have all sorts of gadgets and modifications to their house and cars, would it not be possible that there are special modifications to her car that would allow her to use it as a weapon and not have it destroyed in the process?]
Edit Corrected by Packergirl
When the Smiths are in the basement during the shoot out with their agencies, a grenade bounces in and explodes under a tank of fuel oil, causing a tremendous explosion that levels the house. First, the shoot out in the kitchen showed the house was using natural gas, especially when one of them created a fireball by disconnecting the line (who then shut it off?), you wouldn't have both fuels in the house. Second, fuel oil burns but is not that volatile and would not create such an explosion. [A house can use both. For example, my parents' house uses natural gas for the range, but fuel for heating.]
Edit Corrected by Sereenie

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