Continuity mistake: In the scene where Mya is at the popular girl's party, when she begins to dance near the pool and everyone slowly joins in, the guy behind her gains a silver necklace after eveyrone stops dancing. It then disappears in the next shot.
Plot hole: In the scene before Maya rides in the barrel race, They emphasise that Brooklyn has broken her hand, thus making it necessary for Maya to ride without any prior training, yet after they have won, and they are all jumping around for joy. Brooklyn's hand is not bandaged and she would be in an enormous amount of pain waving her hand around. Also at Mayas birthday party, Brooklyn has not bandage and is waving her hand around like there is nothing wrong with it.
Continuity mistake: The guy Maya fancies says that the Principal is the only one to know the lock's combination. As he says that, the principal is in frame, and behind him on the bleachers you can see a girl with a purple long-sleeved top and her blonde friend with a teal top. Reaction shot on the hawk that squawks the combination, and in the background you can see the same girls but reversed in position, and with a different person next to them. (00:03:55)
Continuity mistake: When Maya smashes her car into the mailbox, the licence plate stays in place. That's until the cut; next time we see it, its left side came out and it dangles by the upper right corner. (00:02:55)
Other mistake: When the newly freed hawk poops on the annoying friend of the main jock, said fecal matter looks nothing like the real deal. Not just that; it also is entirely gone from the guy's face and hair in a couple of shots, as you can see the supposedly soiled side of his head when he is storming off carrying the ladder. (00:04:30)
Other mistake: The girls are invited to the cool party where the cool kids go. They are discussing it in the hallway, pitching a non-existent boat party. Throughout the scene, extras just keep walking back and forth to make the space look like a busy school. A guy with a loud green Hawaiian shirt carrying a clipboard is particularly noticeable. (00:02:30)
Continuity mistake: Maya just made a fool out of herself with her first unfortunate riding efforts, but recovered nicely. She exchanges words with Brooklyn; her "don't hate the player, hate the game" reply comes in a shot when she is in a position where she would not be facing her, and then it cuts to a close-up of the horse as he speaks, and where his head is lit in an entirely different way compared to the rest of the scene. (00:26:55)
Continuity mistake: Maya and Brook are arguing in the bus, and the donut guy interjects; "Let's play the quiet game." He puts his right arm on the opposite aisle, but it's in his lap at the cut. (00:16:45)
Continuity mistake: After the car crash, Maya follows the darn dog to complain about his careless crossing. In an abrupt cut, she has her right arm straight down the side, then her hand is on her hip. (00:02:15)
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the movie, Maya swerves to avoid running a dog over. An extra in a pink shirt and jeans shorts is present at all times by the mailboxes she'll ram the car into, and that is good, but his position is inconsistent. In the overhead shot he's already past the newspaper box, in the next he's several meters behind, and then past that point again. (00:01:50)
