Other mistake: When Ben surprises Isabel by hiding in the kitchen cabinet, he is in a deeper cabinet, but when Isabel takes him out of the cabinet it is no longer deep enough that Ben could fit inside of it. (00:02:55)
Stepmom (1998)
1 other mistake
Directed by: Chris Columbus
Starring: Ed Harris, Jena Malone, Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon
Continuity mistake: When Isabel is helping the daughter make a tree more lifelike, Isabel paints the limbs outside of the round yellow ball shape. In the next scene when the daughter tries to do it, there are no limbs going out of the yellow ball shape. (00:49:30)
Luke: Anna! You do not run out on your mother.
Anna Harrison: No, that's your job.
Trivia: The pilot of the airplane in the Thanksgiving Play is Susan Sarandon's daughter, Eva Amurri Martino.
Question: Julia Roberts refers to the term "snow blowing" and states that she heard it described in a movie. Is this really a reference to a movie?
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Answer: You can see the reference in Kevin Smith's first movie Clerks. Whether or not she's referencing that particular movie or not is debatable.
Nikki