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: As the boys are running through the sewer tunnel, both of them fall several times, and they are covered with dirt and sewage. When they come out and face the bullies, their clothes are clean.
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