Continuity mistake: In the scene where Matthew Broderick leaves his wife's hospital room and has to sniff out which book she picked off the shelf while he is gone, you can see that she picked a green book. But when he comes back in he takes a blue book off the shelf, as she says that that was the correct one.
Continuity mistake: When Karl is at the Frosty Cream, in the shots of Karl there is absolutely no traffic on the street behind him. But in the shots of the Frosty Cream employee, look at the window to the left. A reflection of the street behind Karl shows a steady stream of traffic passing by. (00:20:40)
Continuity mistake: During the scenes on the makeshift snowboard Jackie uses to evade the skiing soldiers, every time you see Jackie's face he is standing left foot forward on the board, but whenever you cannot see his face he is standing right foot forward. (00:19:45)
Continuity mistake: At the pool, Dosmo's grip on his gun repeatedly changes from one to two handed between shots.
Visible crew/equipment: Near the beginning, right after Nicole Kidman is in her carriage and calls out to her friend Henrietta, another carriage rolls by. You can see the camera crew reflected in this carriage.
Visible crew/equipment: When Matthew walks from the hospital to the pharmacist to steal the prescription for their baby, the trolley camera and the guy pulling it are reflected in the shop window.
Continuity mistake: The last time Shakes serves as an altar boy for Father Bobby, he puts the white coat on top of the black gown, and it is all straight. Yet, when he turns to Father Bobby, the coat is lopsided and hangs over his left shoulder, and Father Bobby straightens it again. Even if the coat slides a little when Shakes leans towards the mirror right before turning to Father Bobby, it wouldn't pass his shoulder unless he did it on purpose. (00:28:20)
Continuity mistake: When Tommy walks into the bar while Samuel L. Jackson is there, he is wearing a greyish/blue t-shirt that is soaked in sweat. The shot changes to Samuel L. Jackson and then back to Tommy, but now he's wearing a plaid button-down shirt over it that he didn't bring into the bar with him. Where did he get it and how did he get it on in two seconds flat?
Factual error: The geography throughout the film is all wrong. The setting is in Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. The driving times between there and Williamsport are extremely under-estimated. Most egregious is the river structure. The body is found in the river near Sunbury. Not possible from a site in Western PA. Basically all relationships between actual towns/cities mentioned are totally wrong.
Continuity mistake: When Alec Baldwin goes to visit Medgar Ever's brother at his radio station, the brother pours Alec a mug full of Coca-Cola. Alec sets this mug down and never touches it. They show one wide shot of Alec, and there is a double pen holder in front of the cup, the pen on our right side overlaps part of the cup, while the pen on the left side is not near the cup. Later we see another wide shot of Alec, and now the cup is in the same position, and the camera is from the same angle, but the left pen overlaps the cup instead of the right pen.
Visible crew/equipment: As Maddie starts to walk across the top of the bridge and the shot widens out, the safety cable can be seen dragging along behind her right foot.
Continuity mistake: After Miss Elson writes the word "Pirates" on the blackboard, its appearance changes twice.
Continuity mistake: When Hugh Grant first goes underground and is interrogated by the "Mole" people, his arms are held behind his back and the hair on his forehead changes between shots. His hair appears combed back in several shots and some wisps hanging down in others. They alternate back and forth between shots.
Continuity mistake: When the preacher is in his car talking to Dudley, how far wound up the window is differs.
Continuity mistake: At the end of the movie, when Jimmy Muir is playing for Sheffield United against Manchester United, Annie and Ken stand up to cheer Jimmy on at what looks like a packed stadium. However, when they stand up, you can see dozens of empty seats behind them.
Continuity mistake: Upset with her husband's growing obsession with his mistress Maya, Tara the Queen attempts to commit suicide by slicing her wrists while bathing. She makes deep cuts in both wrists. Maya rescues Tara the Queen when she enters the Queen's chambers. Two scenes later, Tara the Queen attends the execution of Maya's lover. Magically, Tara's arms are unbandaged and unscarred. The execution took place only days after her attempted suicide.
Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, the young girl has Japanese characters painted on her face. They differ slightly between shots - e.g. the square between her eyebrows moves significantly. (00:03:20)
Continuity mistake: When Lee goes to see her father, she gets up to leave and Cahill has his cigarette in the left side of his mouth, when the scene cuts to Lee leaving it is in the right side of his mouth. When they do the close-up it is back in the left side of his mouth.
Factual error: Jerry Falwell and Charles Keating never knew each other personally in real life.
Continuity mistake: When the kids take Mr. Roth's car, the lights inside the car turns on. When it cuts, the lights are off.