Factual error: When Anita Hill is in her hotel room waiting to testify she is watching the Texas v. OU football game. In the movie the date for that scene is Friday, October 11, 1991. The Texas v. OU football game was played on Saturday, October 12, 1991.
Factual error: The jacket blurb and plot synopsis for "Anthropoid" are historically and factually incorrect in stating that Heydrich was "third in command" of Nazi Germany. He was not; there was a chain of Nazi hierarchy above him and any historian of Nazi Germany will verify that. Unfortunately, Rotten Tomatoes perpetuates this inaccuracy by using the same jacket blurb in its own plot summary of the movie.
Continuity mistake: The protagonist (Andrea Bowen) is in the car with the captain, who is debriefing her about the subjects involved in the case. Throughout the conversation, multiple times her hair covers her ears or is combed behind them, with no consistency. (00:11:20)
Continuity mistake: Early morning. Maggie is getting the update about the incident from her two fellow detectives. They walk towards the scene. Maggie takes her hand off her pocket, but it's in her pocket after the cut. (00:11:25)
Continuity mistake: When Kurt and Kavi are washing clothes, the clothes change position on the line, specifically the red shirt at the end and the shorts Kavi hangs up. The red shirt is twisted around the line, but in the shot of Kavi hanging the shorts, the shirt is hanging perfectly straight down.
Character mistake: In the newsreel during the growing tensions, a newspaper headline featured with great importance goes like this; "ABUCTED son not yet found." (00:04:30)
Revealing mistake: When the Creature is telling Louis the "Bat Story," the Creature is holding a burning torch in its right hand against a wholly-dark background. It becomes apparent that the shots of the creature are actually Dutch Angle shots (the angle of the camera is rotated about 45°), because the smoke from the torch is not rising straight upwards; rather, the smoke is rising at a 45° angle toward the upper left corner of the screen.
Continuity mistake: Near the end of the film when Robert De Niro gets to make out with the college girl, the switches between camera shots show his shirt off and subsequently back on again.
Revealing mistake: When Gabby and Fin are hanging off the building in Las Vegas, you can see that Gabby isn't holding on to anything in some close-up shots. (00:11:47)
Other mistake: Augustina approaches "Bill at the bar. The bar's clock shows it's 9:12. The two go on to talk for over 2 minutes of real time, and she says "it was so 10 minutes ago" when he quotes an earlier bit of the conversation; no matter how much time it passed, the clock did not advance. (00:02:10 - 00:04:10)
Continuity mistake: The protagonist is fondling his pregnant wife in bed when she pinches his nose. Between the two shots the blanket covers /uncovers the baby bump, and her hair is bunched on the pillow in entirely different ways. (00:01:40)
Continuity mistake: Carolyn puts on her pink dress and asks Tallulah to zip her up. Tammy Blanchard puts her hair up in a bunch, but there's a large bang to the left side of her face that stays down. In the reverse shot though, she got all her hair up. (00:18:20)
Continuity mistake: The blood that drips on the girls disappears between shots. (01:06:00 - 01:07:00)
Factual error: The Marines in Afghanistan in 2003 are seen wearing MTVs (Modular Tactical Vest), when in reality they should be wearing IBAs (Interceptor Body Armor). The MTV was adopted by the Marines in 2006 to replace the IBA. Lance Corporal Coughlin (Evan Jonigkeit) is seen wearing an IBA but none of the other Marines are.
Continuity mistake: When they are at Sarah's house, the boy's father tells her to go outside and ask Lucas to pull the van around back. When Sarah walks to talk to Lucas her long braided hair is tucked into her shirt and her arms are crossed. In the next shot when the camera comes back, her hair is on the outside of her shirt despite her arms still being crossed. (00:45:55)
Continuity mistake: When Michelle gets catapulted onto the wall and begins wailing, her right arm is straight, semi-parallel to her shoulders. Next shot and it is bent, hand up to the level of her face. (00:22:55)
Continuity mistake: In front of the station, the con man bargains with the taxi driver the fare; during the scene, the same black man with a floral shirt passes at least 3 times. (00:01:30)
Continuity mistake: Maudie lights herself a cigarette. There are 2 matchboxes on the railing of the porch. They disappear for the rest of the scene and Maudie's cardigan and dress do not have pockets. (00:02:35)
Factual error: In the early phases of the narration, Conner's boyband is on the cover of Rolling Stone. It is a double summer issue with the July 7-21 date, and at the same time its numeration begins with an eight. Rolling Stone could have a number 800-something in July from 1999 to 2002. In none of these years July 7 and 21 were on a Thursday. (00:02:30)
Factual error: When Steve Carell is telling his nephew Jesse Eisenberg that he is leaving his wife, the view from his 1930s era Hollywood Hills home shows the modern skyscraper-filled LA downtown skyline.