Factual error: Air Commodore Cyril Cooke is referred to as Sir Cyril. This is during the war, but he wasn't actually knighted until 1947.
Revealing mistake: In the "Where You Are" number, when Ingrid Luna reaches for the lamp pull chain switch, her hand doesn't actually grab onto anything. (00:43:18)
Character mistake: Heidi Heatherley is referred to and addressed more than once as Dame Heatherley. Dames (and knights) take the title before the first name, so she should be Dame Heidi. It is surprising that a journalist, in particular, would not know this.
Continuity mistake: After the female guard is lifted into the air by the witch, she falls against a bucket of yellow paint. Half of her face and her uniform are smeared with thick, bright paint. In the next shot, her uniform is noticeably cleaner and the paint on her face has faded to a light yellow tint.
Revealing mistake: When Ryan Philippe is lying in bed paralysed from the waist down talking to Doctor Rose, the camera zooms out. She is sitting on a chair, and all you can see are Ryan's legs, which he moves. (00:44:29)
Deliberate mistake: J. Daniel Atlas says the trio's abuse of his portrait constitutes a copyright violation. He's wrong. It's actually more serious. Abusing someone's portrait is impersonation and defamation. Even using it innocently constitutes a violation of the right of publicity. (00:13:02)
Factual error: It's 1946, and you can see a MiG-23 next to a fortified hangar. The plane's first flight was in 1967. (00:21:00)
Plot hole: During the chase scene with Snootley, his van sends the spike strip flying onto Officers Higgins and Bloats. This is a violation of the laws of physics. The van's tire unambiguously goes over the strip board. There is no force in the direction of the Z-axis. (00:06:38)
Factual error: Edmond Kemper was six foot nine inches tall. When he comes home from prison at the beginning of the film, his mother is only a few inches shorter than him. That would make her huge, when instead she was much smaller than him. Likely because the actor is reported to be not much taller than average.
Continuity mistake: The cut on Jennifer Lawrence's head changes from the scene where she's walking along the road to the scene directly after. It's lighter and not as sharp, and then darker.
Revealing mistake: Once the lengthy production credits finally wrap up, the opening shot of the movie is supposed to be an establishing shot of 1903 New York, but it's an incredibly obvious matte painting - actually, it looks like your run-of-the-mill AI picture slop you could get out of ChatGPT. Check out the static water and the janky animation of the smoke at the centre. (00:01:35)
Factual error: In reality, it is illegal to keep a chimpanzee as a pet in Hawaii.
Continuity mistake: At the engagement party, Teddy's father begins a little speech for the toast. Notice during the scene how Danica's mother is arm-in-arm with her in all the front views, but behind her a few steps in all the back views. (00:04:50)
Deliberate mistake: The film strongly implies (especially given the children barely age at all) that the events depicted happened over a period of only a couple of years. In fact, Mike and Claire met in 1987 and married in 1994; Claire lost her leg in 1999, and Mike died in 2006.
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the movie, Ariel is pitching her angle for the interview that her editor is inevitably going to assign to someone else. One of the guys present at the meeting but not sitting at the table is wearing a blue shirt under his jacket (it's the rightmost person). His pose is inconsistent between shots, sometimes resting his chin on his hand, some other times not. (00:03:00)
Continuity mistake: In the prologue, Mei's father hears the arrival of a government official and calls out for his wife. Elisa Wong's hair is in front of her right shoulder in close-up, but the hair is off that shoulder when she puts the pan down. (00:03:10)
Character mistake: Noel says that Sam Clarke, the British Prime Minister, is the only head of state who isn't really a head of state because the King is. In fact, the British PM isn't head of state at all, but head of government. And this is common in many countries throughout the world, with a monarch or president as head of state and a prime minister as head of government. The American-style system of an executive president who is both head of state and head of government is in the minority.
Continuity mistake: As the silver car comes to a stop after smashing into the black SUV, there are a few bullet holes in its left hand side. The driver's door has a few - there's a diagonal line of three. Everyone stops shooting as it stops, with no new holes in the door. But as the guy approaches to pull the door open, in a closer shot the whole side of the car is riddled - the driver's door is just a mass of holes. (00:32:35)
Continuity mistake: When Alex and Brad return from their trip to New England, Brad pulls his car in front of Alex's apartment, right behind the parked Volvo on the street. After a few minutes of difficult conversation, Alex leaves the car, which is now much further behind the Volvo.