Continuity: When Drew reaches the “World’s 2nd Largest Farmers Market” on the road trip, there is a shot of him walking up to the large entrance sign, with a small crowd walking around him. Then, a few shots later he’s walking towards the entrance again, but now he’s much farther away with an even greater crowd.

Continuity: When the airplane lands in Kentucky, Claire hands Drew the hotel coupon with her phone numbers written on the back, which he looks at as he walks through the terminal. When Drew phones Claire from his hotel room, he holds up the coupon and everything differs, even the cute dotted line around “don’t miss 60B!!” is now a solid line.

Continuity: On the way to Elizabethtown, when Drew pulls over and has a bit of a fit in the car, in the two exterior shots there is a fence that runs the length of the field on the car’s right, and open field on the left. However, in the interior shots there is a fence on the car’s left.

Continuity: When Drew, Dale, Bill and Charles Dean are sitting at the table discussing cremation plans, Charlie Dean is cleaning his eyeglasses, but in the next shot he’s wearing them.

Continuity: When Drew is discussing funeral plans with Dale, Bill and Charles Dean, Bill is holding up a pen, pointing, but when Dora shouts, “Bill Banyon, how can you even say such a thing?” the pen is lying on the pad.

Continuity: When Claire greets Drew and then takes a seat beside him on the airplane, the part in her hair repeatedly differs between shots. Later, when Drew and Claire run back to the ballroom, where they left Mitch, her hair is pulled into a barrette, and some of her hair alternates between loose or not. This type of thing occurs numerous times in the film.

Continuity: When Claire is putting her shoes on in Drew’s hotel room, the TV is on the left side of the dresser and there is a large filled snack bowl on the right. In the next shot, the snack bowl is gone, and the TV is on the right.

Audio problem: Outside the hotel, Drew tells Claire about the “fiasco” and says, “And by the way, I didn’t say million. I said billion!” In the next shot facing Claire, he is still talking though nothing is heard.

Continuity: When Hollie tap dances during Mitch’s memorial, both Dale and Drew stand up clapping, as Drew is wildly woo-hoo-ing. However, in the next shot facing the audience, both Dale and Drew are still sitting, until they both stand again in the next shot.

Factual error: In the scene where Drew begins his road trip to Elizabethtown, you see him traveling across a bridge into the city of Louisville. Elizabethtown is located south of Louisville as is the airport. Unless he was already lost, there's no way that he would have traveled that particular route. (The scene was obviously used to highlight the city in the movie).

Continuity: A wireless microphone was laid down near the front of the stage so the speaker could dance. In many subsequent shots the microphone changed orientation and location.

Continuity: When Drew gets off the elevator after he registers at the Brown Hotel, there is a blonde girl wearing all green talking to a guy in the corner, beside the elevator. In the next shot, that girl is walking down the hallway from the other end, talking to another guy.

Continuity: In his apartment, when Drew empties the closet, in the third shot there are different items stacked on the shelf and the style of some hangers change, etc. Then by the sixth shot, when two boxes fall, they’re back up on the shelf in the next shot, and so forth.

Continuity: When Drew is in his apartment, and receives the call from his sister, the lighting and shadows cast on the walls and floor distinctly differ, where it is applicable in consecutive shots, during this scene.

Continuity: In Drew's apartment, after Heather tells him of their father's sudden death, when Drew gets off the bike, the right closet door is nearly closed, as he heads towards the window. In the next close-up, that door is wide open.

Continuity: At the funeral home parking lot, when Drew asks, “Jessie?” he holds the garment bag with the zipper facing out and the clear plastic inset facing his back – note the blue suit. Then, when Jessie hugs Drew in the first shot, the garment bag faces the opposite way, yet in the next shot, it’s turned round again.

Continuity: When Drew first arrives at Aunt Dora’s, she’s cooking at the stove. Many things on the counter, on the stove, etc., change between all the following shots. Things such as: mashed potatoes disappearing, bottle of olive oil appearing, pancakes changing, bowls and pans moving around, and so forth.

Continuity: In Drew’s hotel room, in the shot from under the bed Claire is lying on her right side – note the position of her leg, as she reaches for her shoe and pulls it out. However, in the next shot as she pulls it out from under the bed (which she already did in the previous shot), she is on her knees.

Continuity: When Drew and Claire are in the ballroom near the end of the scene, Claire sets her glass on the table, then Drew comes behind her and hugs her with no glass in her hand, then they go to the next shot and she has the glass in her hand.

Continuity: The wheels rotate about 30 degrees between shots when Susan Sarandon is working on the car. Watch the spokes to see the change.