Continuity mistake: When Paul D. arrives at Sethe's house for the first time they sit down on the porch. In all wide shots her two stiff braids are behind her shoulders, in all close-ups they are in front. (00:07:30)
Continuity mistake: At the carnival, the glass of lemonade goes from half drunk to full. (00:32:20)
Continuity mistake: When Paul D. returns to Sethe at the end of the movie she lies in her bed too weak to move, but between shots her head changes from leaning to the right to leaning to the left. (02:31:10)
Continuity mistake: There's a part in the movie where Sethe is talking to another character on the steps when he first arrives. Her hair moves back and forth over her shoulders in various shots.
