Revealing mistake: After Mike has come home from being beaten up during a game of football, there are no longer open wounds by his mouth and nose, and the dried "blood" looks more like Kool-Aid stains.
Radio Flyer (1992)
1 revealing mistake - chronological order
Directed by: Richard Donner, David Mickey Evans
Starring: Elijah Wood, John Heard, Adam Baldwin, Lorraine Bracco
Genres: Drama
Continuity mistake: When the family moves into the new house, the father rips the former owners' name sign off the front of the house. A few shots later, it's back.
Trivia: Elijah Wood turned 10 during production and received presents from director Richard Donner. Because he didn't want him to feel left out, co-star Joseph Mazzello also received gifts.
Answer: Deliberate production choice, and to show him from the younger child's point of view - also remember The King, when in his drunken state, is a child abuser, so the younger boy will see him as a large and terrifying presence - that is, so big he won't fit in the frame of the shot.
Neil Jones