Continuity mistake: When Patrizia calls the fortune-teller, the ice cream cups change position on the table between shots (when she says ""Will I get what I want?"). (00:40:50)
Continuity mistake: Paolo is lamenting his father's lack of trust in his 'brilliant ideas'. There's a shot on a befuddled Lady Gaga staring in space while Paolo in his farcical accent says "because-ah." Jared Leto's arm is in frame, and it's immoble. The shot was edited in from a different take of a different part of the scene, because at that point Paolo is supposed to be gesticulating like a buffoon. (00:36:50)
Continuity mistake: The wedding scene has a POV from Patrizia's perspective as she walks down the aisle. She passes by a cute girl with braids, goes well past her, but in the reverse angle that follows she is in front of her still and says hi. (00:26:20)
Continuity mistake: When Rodolfo tells his son to do whatever with Patrizia but "No, not marry", the handkerchief disappears from his hand in the reverse shot. (00:20:05)
Continuity mistake: Look at the level of the wine in Maurizio and Patrizia's glasses when Rodolfo during their lunch date mentions the saddest moment of his life. The glasses are fuller when Patrizia takes his hand a few seconds later. (00:17:15)
Continuity mistake: Rodolfo during lunch tells the story of how young Maurizio who brought a moment of levity to his wife's funeral. When the camera is behind Jeremy Irons' head, the cigarette smoke signals that the hand out of frame is raised. In the shot from the side of the table, the cigarette is on the table, and you can see the smoke disperse before it reaches the level of the other shots. (00:17:10)
Continuity mistake: Patrizia says the kinda dumb line about being bored by reading. Adam Driver looks a little on the dejected side, holding two books in hand. At the cut when she asks him what are those books about, the books are tilted in the opposite direction. (00:09:20)
Continuity mistake: When Maurizio tells Patrizia to stay away from "Gucci" and that he can handle the company himself, Lady Gaga's hand is higher up on the bedpost, past the ring. It's lower, below the ring, in the reverse shot. (01:38:40)
Answer: Yes. Basically, within the narrative of the film, Maurizio is weak-willed and easily manipulated by Patrizia; he didn't even want to be involved in running Gucci in the first place and has no real business acumen. So, he both overextends the firm and spends a huge amount of money on an extravagant lifestyle, which leaves him in financial trouble and at the mercy of a hostile takeover.