Directed by: Seth Gordon
Starring: Colin Farrell, Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx, Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day
Genres: Comedy
Continuity mistake: When the guys are shopping for supplies to poison Pellit and Harken, Dale sweeps a number of jars of peanuts into his basket from a shelf at waist height. He then moves on to grabbing jars from a shelf at shoulder height. In the shot, suddenly the waist-height shelf is full of jars again and doesn't have any gaps where Dale previously took jars off.
Continuity mistake: When the rock holding the key to Pellit's home is thrown at the door. You can hear the key falling on the ground. Yet when the rock is picked up the key is still inside. There is also a doormat so why would they key make a noise?
Motherfucker Jones: I think I can help you boys.
Kurt Buckman: Are you a businessman?
Motherfucker Jones: Motherfucker Jones.
Dale Arbus: Your first name is 'Motherfucker?
Motherfucker Jones: My real name is Dean.
Nick Hendricks: Dean Jones, that's the same name of the actor in Herbie and the Love Bug.
Kurt Buckman: Yeah, he probably doesn't even know who that is.
Motherfucker Jones: I know who he is, bitch. I can't walk around this fucking neighborhood with that Disney-ass name.
Question: Is the scotch trick Kevin Spacey played on Jason Bateman a nod to "Hopfrog" by Edgar Allen Poe? To those of you who are wondering, Hopfrog is a deformed dwarf Jester who is forced to amuse a tyrant by being forced to drink wine because "it excited the poor cripple to madness, and madness is no comfortable feeling." Hopfrog avenges himself that very night, but I was just wondering.
Chosen answer: I doubt that was a conscious decision - while it's certainly an interesting parallel, getting someone drunk to laugh at them is a common enough scheme.