The Whole Ten Yards

Continuity mistake: In a late scene in the movie when Jill St. Claire angrily drives away after arguing with her husband in the parking lot of the motel, the side shot of Jimmy the Tulip shows his golden lucky charm dangling from his neck outside his white t-shirt. In the next frontal shot when he turns around to talk to Oz, the necklace is now tucked back inside his t-shirt. (01:08:10)

Continuity mistake: When Oz, Jill and Jimmy are eating and Oz is arguing about why they had to dump his car and rent a new car, Jimmy says "Someday you will". If you look out the window you can see a woman wearing a red and yellow shirt walking by. When it cuts you can see the same woman standing outside the window, but now she is standing in the opposite direction of which she was walking. (00:36:50)

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Continuity mistake: When Oz is having a conversation with his wife, Cynthia, over lunch/brunch in a restaurant in LA, there are two bouquets of black and white balloons for the two tables behind Oz, one off to the side of the screen on Oz's left. Just after Oz quickly ducks under the table, the next wider shot shows that one of bouquets right behind Oz is no longer there. (00:18:10)

Continuity mistake: When Jimmy throws Oz at the painting leaving it askew. Later when Oz wakes up the painting is straight again, without anyone being near it. (00:58:30 - 00:59:25)

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Continuity mistake: When Lazlo gets tired of the kids fighting he shouts for them and lifts his right hand. When it cuts he is holding up his left hand. (00:01:00)

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Continuity mistake: In the scene with the buttercup scout, Cynthia takes the gun from Oz and after Oz walks off she turns around twice to lay the gun down. (00:11:30)

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Continuity mistake: When Oz, Jill and Jimmy are out and about to eat and Jill asks if she should get some mustard, Oz has both his hands down. When it cuts his right hand is on the table. (00:40:30)

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Continuity mistake: When Lazlo shoots the men in the trunk, the man behind him grabs his hat with one hand. When it cuts it shows him grabbing the hat with both hands. (00:12:05)

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Continuity mistake: When Lazlo is tearing the dollar bill apart we can see he tears it all the way. When it cuts he is still tearing it. (00:01:35)

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Continuity mistake: When Jimmy gets off the phone with Lazlo and Oz asks "What did he say?", Oz puts his hand to his face. When it cuts his hand is gone. (01:00:30)

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Continuity mistake: When Jill calls for Oz in order to seduce him, you see Oz entering and moving away from the door. When it cuts he is by the door again still moving away. (00:56:15)

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Continuity mistake: In the beginning when Jill explains her failed hit, we can see that she grabs the shotgun from the trolley twice. (00:05:20)

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Continuity mistake: When Jill is telling about her bad hit, we see her swing her shotgun into the bowl of tomato sauce. First she swing the shotgun from the left. When it cuts to a closeup we see it swings from the right. (00:04:55)

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Continuity mistake: After Jules has chloroformed Jimmy she pulls up her gun while holding the cloth with chloroform. The way she holds the gun and the cloth changes during the shots. (01:15:15)

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Continuity mistake: When Jill drops the bowl of tomato sauce on the floor we can see a fork lying in the tomato sauce. When it cuts to her beginning to clean up, the fork is gone. (00:05:00)

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Continuity mistake: When Lazlo is picked up outside prison and he gets in the car, there is some snow on the wind shield of the car. When the car drives away there is much more snow than earlier, and it isn't snowing. (00:08:50)

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Continuity mistake: In the beginning of the movie, Lazlo is writing on some paper and it shows him writing with his left hand but when they cut away they show him holding the pen in his right hand.

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Continuity mistake: Towards the end of the movie when Amanda Peet is holding half of a dollar bill and Howard Deutch is holding the other half, the position of the ripped dollar in Amanda Peet's hand changes between shots. (01:21:30)

Continuity mistake: When Jimmy says "So how did the hit go?" to Jill, she hangs her jacket in the closet. A few shots later when she begins explaining her hit, the jacket is gone. (00:04:20)

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Continuity mistake: When the waitress is done pouring wine into Oz's glass, she puts the bottle into the wine cooler. When it cuts to a closeup of Cynthia, the waitress is still holding the bottle. (00:17:45)

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Oz: What, no Jewish prayer before we have our ham and cheese?
Jimmy: You got a problem with my religiosity, Oz? Do unto others before you turn into a pillar of salt.
Jill: Exactly. Unless they're a rat. Then you can shoot them in the eyes.
Oz: A pillar of salt?
Jimmy: That's right. Moses said that. Read the bible, Oz.

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