Continuity mistake: In the scene where Ben makes the lamb with cherry glaze for Andie, he is about to put carrots on Andie's plate when she says she is a vegetarian; you can see him drop the carrots back on his serving dish. When Andie makes him take the plate away before she gags, there are carrots on her plate.
Continuity mistake: Ben stops his motorcycle in the traffic jam waiting for the light to change. The camera angle changes and he's seen taking off but it's not in the same place he stopped to wait for the light.
Continuity mistake: During a card game, somebody drinks a beer. The tag changes between shots.
Continuity mistake: On the night Ben and Andy meet they go and eat lobster, first the Andy's hair is behind her shoulder then it is in front, etc.
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Andie is sitting next to the married guy at the bar, when his wife comes along, the shot changes to Andie's friends laughing. It then very quickly changes back to Andie and you see she is now standing up, and the guy's wife is sitting down. There would not have been enough time for the two women to swap places. (00:18:50)
Continuity mistake: When Ben goes to get Andie a diet coke during the Knicks game the amount of soda in the cup keeps changing.
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Ben is on stage and getting the two guys to stop Andie for her to also come sing with him, Ben has the microphone he is using plus another in his hand. The second microphone goes away and comes back several times before he finally picks one up on the piano to give to her.
Continuity mistake: When Tony is trying to get Ben to read Andie's article about him in Composure, the title of the article changes from shot to shot. In the first shot, when Tony is reading some quotes to Ben, the title is in blue across the top of an all white page. In the next shot, when Ben is holding the magazine with Andie's article, the title is in red and black with a big pink heart in the background. The magazine also shows the same paragraphs on different pages when Ben turns a page. (01:45:20)
Continuity mistake: When Ben asks, "Where were you, man?" Thayer comes into his office on the right of the screen, as the shot cuts. Yet in the next shot after Tony answers, "Not at an orgy," Thayer just starts to walk in. (00:05:50)
Continuity mistake: When Michelle puts the wallet down the first time, she puts it on the book. When she puts it down the second time, she puts it directly on the table. In the next shot that shows the wallet it is back on the book.
Continuity mistake: When Kate Hudson is eating the hamburger, she takes one big bite. And in the few shots after that it can be seen that one perfect bite has been taken out of the burger. In the last shot you see of the burger from behind Kate Hudson nearly 1/4 of the burger has been eaten.
Continuity mistake: When Ben's mother goes to hug Andie, she puts her right hand on the back on Andie's head and when the camera angle changes to a side view the mother's hand is now on her shoulder.
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Ben is teaching Andie how to ride a motorcycle Andie's clothes change. At the start she is wearing a white top and black trousers which change to a pair of jeans. The jeans then change back to a pair of black trousers again at the end of the scene. (01:18:33)
Continuity mistake: When Andie runs out of the party and Benjamin follows her into the street, in the front shots of her face there is a strand of hair blown across her chin, but in the side shots there is no hair. (01:39:30)
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Ben is teaching Andie to ride his motorcycle several people people can be seen on the boardwalk with them, which disappear in the aerial angle.
Continuity mistake: When Ben is talking to Tony and Thayer about him getting the account, he punches fists with each guy and when the camera angle changes to behind him, you see him punching fists with the second guy again.
Continuity mistake: When Ben asks Andie to go to the party, he tells her that he wants her to go as his girlfriend and she puts her right hand on his shoulder. The camera angle changes to a shot from behind and her hand is now on his chest.
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Ben is putting on his shirt, he puts it on without buttoning it. The camera cuts to his friends for 2 seconds, then back to Ben. When the camera cuts back, Ben's shirt is buttoned and perfectly on. (00:06:45)
Continuity mistake: In the opening scene, there is a magazine article which reads, "... finally fall into place, only then will Tajikistan ..." The voice over - of the lady writing the article - says, "And only then will Tajikistan." (00:01:20)
Continuity mistake: When Andie first meets Ben she has her drink in her right hand but as the camera angle changes to a wider shot the drink is in her left hand so she can shake his hand with her right.
Answer: She could have been carrying money and/or a credit card in a pocket of her clothing.
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