Corrected entry: After Melanie goes to Alabama and uses her key to get into Jake's house, Wayne comes to arrest her and they start naming off crimes she has done. Jake talks about the stockyard and Melanie says "Like I could tip a cow by myself!" It is in fact impossible to tip a cow, and growing up in a small rural town, they would know that.
Corrected entry: Jake and Melanie see lightning bugs when they visit the graveyard. Lightning bugs are not seen in Alabama after mid-July. At the time of the scene (mid-autumn), the year's crop of lightning bugs would have been dead for at least three months. (01:04:15)
Correction: That's not true. The month is August. Reese Witherspoon confirms this when she says "Christmas is four months away." In the South, August is still summer heat and weather. Lighting bugs would still be around.
Corrected entry: Reese's laywer keeps looking for her throughout the town using the last name Carmicheal. Wouldn't her lawyer know that her real name was actually Smooter? The divorce papers would have needed her real name in order for them to be official.
Correction: When Melanie's lawyer is looking for her using the name Carmichael, she could have told him to use the name Carmichael but signed the papers Smooter.
Corrected entry: When Melanie's father comes home after the Civil War re-enactment, he has Andrew with him and says "Look who I found walking down I-58." There is no I-58 in southern Alabama. The only interstates that are close to the beach are I-10 east-west and I-65 north-south. (01:15:35)
Correction: Melanie's father says "Look who I found walking down 958.", at least the subtitles say so. But don't ask me if there is a 958 in southern Alabama.
Corrected entry: In the scene where Melanie is looking for Bobby Ray at the plantation to apologise, the Confederate gentleman blows up an anvil. It crashes through a small wooden structure near where Melanie is standing, leaving a visible hole. As Bobby Ray approaches Melanie, you can see the hole is no longer visible. Later the hole is visible again with the addition of splintered wood on the ground. (00:50:40)
Correction: The hole is in the upper part of the roof which is cut off in the shot when Bobby Ray approaches Melanie.
No, the damage is close to the top but also goes at least to the mid-point of the roof. There is also debris all the way down to the bottom of the roof.
Correction: It's not impossible, and growing up in rural Iowa, I would know this. I can't even count the number of people I personally know who have done that. It's extremely dangerous for the cow too. It's also true that there's no way Melanie could have done it alone.
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