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Continuity mistake: "Gramms" (Maggie Westmoreland) lifts her cup of coffee using both hands and takes a sip. By the time she lowers her cup to the table, her glass of water goes from over half-full to less than half-full. Nobody refills the glass, but it is back to over half-full. Thereafter, the level of water in the glass alternates after almost every view of Tracey. (00:02:05)

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Continuity mistake: Near the start Sarah's shoulder restraint/seat belt is not on, but it suddenly is at one point, then off again. (00:03:19 - 00:06:02)

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Continuity mistake: Before going outside with Alex to meet the crowd, the knot in Henry's tie has one diagonal white (or light-coloured) stripe showing, which is near the centre. When Henry opens the door, there are two stripes showing on the knot - one near the top and the other near the bottom of his shirt's collar. (01:45:40 - 01:46:35)

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Continuity mistake: A fork in Grace's square bowl props against the corner that is closest to her glass of wine. Grace holds a magazine with both hands. When Grace reaches for her wine, the bowl is at a different angle and the fork is gone. (00:08:00)

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Continuity mistake: Tony is seated at a table with a green-covered book, clipboard, and laptop in front of him. Parker stands across the table from Tony and has some papers in front of him. Parker shoves a paper across the table towards the clipboard and laptop. The camera quickly shifts to Parker, now seated at the table. The paper Parker pushes across the table is not there and Tony's laptop is closer to the clipboard. The empty wine bottles and book are in different positions. (00:03:42)

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Continuity mistake: While Lucky does push-ups on the floor, the positions of the pack of cigarettes and lighter on the coffee table change. In the side view, the cigarette pack goes from partially behind the glass to a couple of inches to the right, and the lighter goes from mostly to the right of the cigarettes to behind the pack. (00:42:08)

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Continuity mistake: The covered object (storage container or pet carrier?) is at an angle to and extends past Bob's desk, but is against the side of the desk when "Binky" the rabbit jumps onto it, as well as when Binky jumps from it onto the floor. (00:12:53 - 00:13:47)

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Continuity mistake: Alice stands in the doorway on her way to the elevator. In the front view of her, a long fern leaf extends to the inner edge of the door frame. In the rear view, the fern leaf's long tip extends a couple of inches into the doorway. (00:02:40)

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Continuity mistake: Dutch's body is at an angle to, and at least a foot away from Rosemary's, when he tells her she should move. The camera switches to a front view, and they are already shoulder-to-shoulder (linearly) with her left arm through his right elbow. (00:17:00)

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Continuity mistake: [Story 4: The Good Word] The bar of soap is propped against the side of the washbasin, and Mr. Taggart is drying his hands with a towel above the basin. He lowers his hands and continues drying them, but the soap is now setting flat on the table, inches away from the basin. (01:20:10)

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Continuity mistake: Vincent has a diagonal "V" or wishbone-shaped tattoo (possibly a scar) on the right of his neck when he gets to prison, but it becomes a vertical line of letters (possibly chain links) seconds later. (00:05:39)

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Continuity mistake: Dad's fiancée places the photo album on her lap and holds the Christmas dance tickets between both hands. She has no free hands to move the album, but the album is on the coffee table. No one touches the album, but it is at a different angle on the coffee table. (00:09:28 - 00:10:10)

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Continuity mistake: Near the start the left side of Romy's hair dangles, but strands are suddenly held behind her ear. (00:06:45)

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Continuity mistake: The cases of "Gatorade" next to Trevor's left side are stacked to his waist. Trevor moves the case that is under Megan's elbow. When Trevor turns around, the cases next to him are instantly stacked to his chest. (00:09:25)

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Continuity mistake: Lily has 4-5 stacked pancakes on her plate, including a half-eaten one on top. After she pours syrup on the stack, there are suddenly 7-8 pancakes, arranged differently. Lily may have time to cut 1-2 pancakes into pieces, but nobody is close enough to the table to add any pancakes to account for the increase. (00:04:40 - 00:05:03)

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Continuity mistake: Nancy places her black purse onto the counter. She pulls the black "Double D" out of her purse and sets it in front of Doug, then shoves it back into her purse. Nancy takes her purse off the counter to leave. For a brief moment, the "Double D" can still be seen on the counter. (00:03:50 - 00:04:42)

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Continuity mistake: During the contest near the end of the film, as the walls are rising from the floor to create the maze, Chris Pine's arm positions change between camera cuts; up in surprise, by his sides in the long shot, and back up again in the close up.

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Continuity mistake: The cocktail napkin that Ally crumpled and set on the table changes position (and shape) a few times, from largely hidden behind her drink to out in the open near the center of the table. (00:13:40)

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Continuity mistake: The husband takes photos of his bride as she walks towards him on the shore, which is free of rocks for yards in both directions. They take several steps along the shore, and there are big rocks in the water near the coastline. Alternating rear views show no rocks. (00:04:00 - 00:04:25)

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