Best comedy movie mistakes of 2023

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Continuity mistake: When Toad General calls for the council's attention and announces that Bowser found the Super Star, note his shirt buttons. Then, when he says that the Kongs will never agree because their mad king doesn't make alliances, Toad General's shirt is backwards, his buttons are on the opposite side. (00:24:55 - 00:25:35)

Super Grover

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Continuity mistake: Right before Ben jumps off the cliff, he drinks a small cup of coffee and places it back on a saucer that Jonathan is holding. When the shot cuts, the saucer is still visible in Jonathan's hand, but the cup cannot be seen on it. The cup then reappears in the next shot.

Casual Person

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Continuity mistake: A cannonball fired from Captain Hook's ship hits a cliff where Peter Pan, Wendy, John and Michael are watching. The blast hurls the four into the air. When Wendy regains consciousness, she is lying face down on the shore as waves wash over her. As she runs up the hillside to search for the others, her clothes are dry and her hair is blowing in the breeze. (00:23:20)

Steven Lee

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Factual error: A large part of the film takes place in Pakistan, but all the cars there have steering wheels on the left as in the US. Pakistan drives on the left and the cars have steering wheels on the right side of the car. (00:57:21)

thetaz00

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Suggested correction: There's an article on huffpost.com by Jeanette Khan entitled, "Driving In Pakistan: Can You Handle It?" (12/18/08 updated 5/25/11) wherein it is stated, "Driving in Pakistan is like purposely courting death... Sometimes, people prefer to drive on the right-side of the road... The drivers really don't care they're going the wrong way. There really are no rules for driving here. People often do as they please." In fact, then, the actual driving practices do not conform to the written law.

KeyZOid

Or, are you just asserting that the cars should not have steering wheels on the left? The cars could be from anywhere, even if being driven in Pakistan. U.S.P.S. mail trucks have steering wheels on the right – this doesn't mean that they don't belong in the U.S.

KeyZOid

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Continuity mistake: His lazy eye is not consistently on his left or the right. It switches from scene to scene. Even though in the end he says it's his right eye people should always look at.

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Factual error: Gloria's vehicle is a Chevrolet Blazer SS EV, but during the chase scene, her supposedly electric vehicle makes sounds like a normal gas engine.

wizard_of_gore

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Revealing mistake: Just as the first credits roll, when the cheerleaders dance, check the African American, Caucasian, and most noticeably, the Asian American people behind the team. They are blatant, creepy-looking, unrealistic CGI characters. (00:01:18)

Sacha

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Factual error: This is set in summer 2007 but they watch Superbad (released August 2007) on DVD.

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Suggested correction: The movie actually takes place in 2006. Superbad coming out in 2007 was correct.

The movie starts in late 2006, then Oliver is invited to spend the summer (2007) with Felix, where the bulk of the movie takes place.

Do a word change if the mistake is valid. Not a correction.

Bishop73

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Plot hole: When Freddy is in the alley walking, he shouts out "Shazam!" and turns into his superhero self; however, his crutch simply disappears when he transforms and isn't anywhere on him when he's flying in the next shot. (00:30:30)

jerimiah

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Continuity mistake: During the "Steal the Show" montage, you can see the Earth person in the background. But later, in the elevator scene, it reuses the same person from the previous scene. After, in the dancing scene, the same Earth person behind that water fountain is slow-dancing with the other Earth person.

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Other mistake: The scene where the king has directed his aides to issue "a firm denial of these accusations" makes little sense, since Alex has already officially and firmly confirmed their relationship from the White House press room. For the palace to announce that the son of the US president is lying would create diplomatic chaos between two very close allies and would not happen. (01:42:25)

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Continuity mistake: Tre holds the bound fleece blanket [or men's top?] with the white border to his left, but it lands (not rotates) onto the desk with the white border to his right. The blanket is at a different angle in front of Chris, and the white border faces Chris (i.e. rotates about 90°) before Chris touches or picks up the blanket. (00:05:58)

KeyZOid

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Factual error: It is shown, more than once, that letters from the IRS are piling up, and it's implied that these are the property tax problems with which the main character is wrestling. However, property tax letters would not come from the IRS/Federal government. Rather, they'd come from local/county/city government.

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Revealing mistake: Vivian talks on the phone as she walks towards the camera. A couple walks behind her in the opposite direction. A bicyclist emerges from the left-center side of the screen and heads straight across the path, perpendicularly towards the couple. The bicyclist "disappears" behind Vivian, just before he reaches (crashes into) the couple, and the camera cuts to Carol. Seconds later, Vivian still walks towards the screen, and a different person walks where the couple was. (00:14:38)

KeyZOid

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Character mistake: The protagonist (of Italian origin) tells the audience that the only Italians he knows with Roman numbers in their names are popes and Rocky, showing the pictures of Pope John Paul II and Benedict XVI. Both weren't Italians, one Polish and one German. (00:12:00)

Chris1969

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Factual error: Fodor is woken by the nighttime cry of a fox, whilst staying on the Isle of Man. There are no foxes on the Isle of Man, and none were present in the time period of the film. (00:37:45)

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Continuity mistake: The position of the pamphlet display on the side table changes a few times after Paul sits on the couch. The pamphlets are near the upper right-hand corner of the table before Paul sits, and then the pamphlets are behind the lamp, towards the rear-center. The pamphlets are in the upper left-hand corner, then suddenly in the upper right-hand corner (where they start) when Paul removes one from the display. The location and angle of the lamp shade also vary. (00:09:00 - 00:09:25)

KeyZOid

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Continuity mistake: Graham lies with a rectangular food container set length-wise down his chest. When he picks up his fork (but does not rotate the container), the container suddenly becomes width-wise across his chest. (00:07:50)

KeyZOid

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Continuity mistake: The coat rack suddenly has a long-strapped tan purse/bag hanging alongside Juliet's coat. The purse soon disappears. (00:10:45 - 00:11:15)

KeyZOid

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Continuity mistake: A goat moves [off-screen] to different sides of a rock, but the rock cannot change shape and color in alternating shots (from greyish, square pyramid-like to brownish, cuboid-like shape). (00:14:15)

KeyZOid

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