Factual error: Barbara befriends her kidnappers in her joy over losing 20 pounds while she was with them. Leaving aside that she's been with them no more than two weeks, and it's near impossible to lose 20 pounds in that short amount of time even if you literally starved yourself; she also most definitely would have noticed a weight loss that big. On a frame as small as hers, she would have noticed big differences in her body's shape and feel, and none of her clothes would have fit. (01:00:00)
Ruthless People (1986)
1 factual error
Directed by: David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Jerry Zucker
Starring: Danny DeVito, Bill Pullman, Bette Midler, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater
Revealing mistake: When Danny DeVito brings home the 'bigger dog' he says for the new dog to go eat the little dog that always bothers him. He lets the dog go and the dog goes after the little one. But when they show the dog chasing the little one he almost runs right past him. There must have been a trainer on the other side of the set calling the dogs to come over because he wasn't chasing the little dog. (00:40:30)
[The phone rings].
Sam Stone: Hello? Debbie? Yeah, Debbie's here, who's this? Well Ralph, Debbie can't talk right now, my dick's in her mouth. How about I have her call you back when I'm done. [Hangs up phone] I love wrong numbers!
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Answer: So she's more concerned about her own life than the life of the dog. Or since she believes that her husband "worships the ground I walk on," she probably takes for granted that her husband will take care of the dog. Or she does talk about it but it's not important to the plot.