Corrected entry: Krista was never given the details of the Fenway Park robbery, how could she have shared them with special agent Frawley?
Phaneron
22nd Nov 2010
The Town (2010)
26th Sep 2010
The Town (2010)
Factual error: When talking about the planned robbery of Fenway, the florist mentions a four-game series with New York. However, later the crew is in a bar and a clip of the baseball game is being shown on the television. The game being shown is against Toronto. Since this scene is supposed to be just prior to the heist, one would expect the visiting team to be the Yankees, not the Blue Jays.
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Suggested correction: There's nothing to indicate the clip in the bar is from a current game. Sports networks often show classic games in repeats.
Give me a break, they screwed that up.
Suggested correction: A robbery of that size and risk would require several days of planning and preparation. Doug and Jem probably went to the park during the series against Toronto to scope the place out, and the planning and preparation continued until the end of the series with the Yankees when the robbery occurred.
Suggested correction: There is no indication on what day it is. It's possible that it's Wednesday before 4 days. Or it's Thursday making the series get played on Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday.
14th Oct 2010
The Town (2010)
Corrected entry: There is no such company as "Boston Ambulance" (as seen on the ambulance and uniforms in the park scene). The city is serviced by Boston EMS, which also doesn't use any of the converted van-style ambulances.
Correction: Because this is a fictional film, and not being billed as a documentary, I don't see how this qualifies as a mistake. In the Boston of the movie, Boston Ambulance IS a company, and it doesn't change throughout the film.
Are there any mistakes that couldn't be excused by the movie taking place in a fictional world?
Yes, and it depends entirely on the type of world a given movie is set in. This movie is set in the real world, and in the real world, a company called Boston Ambulance could in fact exist. Therefore, artistic license dictates that this isn't a mistake. If this same movie showed the sun rising in the west and setting in the east, that would be a mistake, because despite being a work of fiction, it is contrary to the real-world setting the film establishes.
The flower shop in Charlestown isn't real either, does that make it a mistake? There are fictional companies and people in all movies, that doesn't make them mistakes.
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Correction: Her brother helped plan the heist. She could have learned about it from him.
S. Ha
Why would they trust that info to an addict?
They wouldn't necessarily trust her with that info. She could have overheard her brother on the phone mention "the Fenway job." Alternatively, Jem could have told her that Doug planned to leave Boston after the heist, and since neither of them would have been happy about that prospect, she might have pried out of him where the next job was so she could confront Doug about his plans to leave.
Phaneron ★
I always wondered that too. No way anyone would tell that junkie ho anything. All she knew was Doug was going away after, but not after robbing Fenway. Cops were all over the place and I always wondered how. Her brother doubt it, the florist doubt it, Doug doubt it so how did she tip the FBI off? Who told her? Definitely a mistake in movie, I guess you can assume certain people may have told her but why? The more people who know the odds of you getting caught increase.