
Uncle Buck (1989)
13 continuity mistakes
Directed by: John Hughes
Starring: Gaby Hoffmann, Jean Louisa Kelly, John Candy, Macaulay Culkin
Continuity mistake: In the bowling alley, 'Pal' comes over to speak to Tia. During their conversation, the camera pans to Maisie throwing a bowling ball; however Tia is now sitting alone. Pal has disappeared.
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Gary RobertsonContinuity mistake: The scene where the elementary school teacher asks his kid what they did that week. After he asks that question and Maizy raises her hand, look at the desk belonging to the girl in the row next to Maizy. It has crayons and other supplies on it. After the teacher calls Maizy's name, the shot goes back to her, showing the girl in the next row's desk completely empty.
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Continuity mistake: When Buck is talking to Shanice on the phone, and she's at her desk at the tire store, she accidentally slams her hand down on an ink stamp pad. When she first does it, her wrist is covered by a black sweater sleeve. When she lifts her hand up, her wrist is bare.
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Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the bowling alley scene, Uncle Buck rolls a ball in unison with a man on the next lane. The ball knocks over all the pins, but when they cut back to Buck celebrating his strike, the man next to him is rolling another ball already.
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Continuity mistake: When Uncle Buck and Tia are talking in the car after Uncle Buck kidnapped Bug, the first 5-6 shots show a red box and some envelopes near the windshield. In the next shot there are two envelopes near the windshield, no red box.
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richard dryjaContinuity mistake: When Uncle Buck takes the kids to school for the first time and the car backfires, the kid who has his cap blown off, you can clearly see that his face is black with smoke before the car backfires.
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Continuity mistake: In the scene where the dad tells the mom that Buck will be able to stay with the kids, the moms arms go from uncrossed to crossed in a flash.
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Pam-I-amContinuity mistake: When Buck first takes the kids to school and drops of Tia the engine backfires and shoots oil/smoke in a boy's face. In the next shot no one is behind the car.
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Continuity mistake: When Uncle Buck gives up waiting for Tia at school and starts his car, thick smoke billows up continuously next to his window. The camera angle changes immediately and then smoke is only seen well behind the rear bumper.
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Continuity mistake: When Buck is on the highway driving to the house and trying to remember the kids' names, we see a white 4x4 travelling the same speed as him but several lanes over. When it cuts to a shot of the rear of Buck's car, there is a small sedan now in the left lane beside him that wasn't there before.
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Continuity mistake: When Buck is doing laundry, he takes a plate of clothes out of the oven and sits it in front of him. After the shot of him burning himself, the plate has disappeared.
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Continuity mistake: In the scene where Cindy and Bob are talking in the kitchen (after getting the news) and the scene of Cindy and Buck talking in the kitchen, several items change dramatically. The coats on the rack change positions and the yellow coat goes from an adult size to a kid size. A drawing on the kitchen wall is removed too.
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Bishop73Continuity mistake: When Miles Russell is unpacking his lunch and asks about a lunch trade, the other kids scatter. The items on the table change when the camera cuts to the overhead shot. Most noticeably a soda can and snack appear in between Miles' food and the bag of Fritos, and the juice box is gone.
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