Mac and Me

Continuity mistake: In McDonald's, Mac is opposite to the counter and makes some flips and turns in the air, yet when the people stare at him they're pointing at the counter.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When the African-American girl in the red dress dances in McDonald's, her right sleeve swaps form up to down between shots.

Sacha

Revealing mistake: Instead of Mac grabbing the cup with his fingers, the cup suddenly seems stuck to the hand, revealing the hidden sticky system.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: During the traffic jam, while Eric and family are in the van, Eric's Coke is at chest level, but a frame later it's next to his mouth.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Mac jumps in Eric's van, the way Eric holds the Coke can changes between the front and back shot.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Eric is playing with his remote controlled car, a bag of Skittles appears on his lap in the close-up angle.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When the kids are dancing in the McDonalds parking lot, there's a girl in white with a red skirt, then a big gap on the right followed by a group of kids. With a change of angles, the gap is filled with people that have appeared out of nowhere.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: Escaping from the cops, Eric's on the road, dodging cars. A blue one smashes the back of a car and breaks its own fender and lights; but the damage is already done before the crash.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When all the guys go with Mac to find his family in the mine, the collar on Mac's t-shirt keeps changing from very loose, to slightly loose, to really tight around the neck between shots.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: Eric is about to arrive to the place where his mum works, and there's a close-up of the cop's car chasing him. A big line of cars is seen behind him, but in the wide angle not only the cars are gone, but the real traffic is running in a perpendicular road to the one he's in.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Mac's in the desert calling his family, an aerial view shows Mike away from the car following him. In the following close shot he's next to the van's hood.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: Mac stretches his hand and grabs the cup of Coke, which is tilted sideways. In the following angle it's straight.

Sacha

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Trivia: Comedian Paul Rudd had a running gag for many years where, whenever he'd appear on Conan O'Brien's late-night talk show, he'd set up a clip for a film he was promoting... and then instead show the infamous clip from "Mac and Me" in which Eric falls over a cliff in his wheelchair, and the alien Mac pops up in the foreground. The gag ended up going on for 17 years.

TedStixon

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