Best romance movie revealing mistakes of 2002

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Sweet Home Alabama picture

Revealing mistake: When Jake is driving Andrew to Melanie at the battlesite, Jake is driving with the truck in the park position. (01:11:00)

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Suggested correction: Or it's a manual 3 speed on the column in 2nd gear while driving slowly through town.

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Revealing mistake: When Deeds rescues the last cat from the fire, if you look closely, you can see the fire-proof glove he has on his hand. (00:50:45)

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The Santa Clause 2 picture

Revealing mistake: In the beginning of the movie when Charlie is in the gym, the last can of spray paint he uses, just before the Principal catches him, appears to spray 'clear'.

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Drumline picture

Revealing mistake: In the scene of the first game, the camera pans across the fans at the game. They are mostly dressed in sweaters, coats, sweatshirts, etc. Also, the breath is seen coming from the mouths of the band during their performance. The setting however, is Atlanta, Georgia. The first football game of the season is always in late August or early September. Average temperature during the day is about 90 degrees. This scene was shot somewhere during the winter.

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Revealing mistake: Near the end when Toula and Ian are in the limo, Toula starts to wipe off her makeup and take off or loosen her wedding dress. She actually pulls off the bow on the right arm of her dress. If you pause the movie right there, you can see by Ian and Toula's reaction the bow was not supposed to be removed. The scene ends immediately after. (01:20:45)

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Punch-Drunk Love picture

Revealing mistake: When Barry is arguing on the phone with the Healthy Choices employee, the map on the wall behind him is creased in the Texas/Arkansas area before he punches it there. This could perhaps be the result of a previous take or some sort of indication of where the soft spot in the wall is so that Adam Sandler doesn't really break his hand. (01:00:25)

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El Crimen del Padre Amaro picture

Revealing mistake: When the stabbed photographer is left sitting on the toilet the blood stains on his pants are virtually colorless. (00:32:35)

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The Sweetest Thing picture

Revealing mistake: If you look at the instrument gauges right before the foil "bird" hits the windshield, you can see that the car isn't actually moving on its own because the speedometer is at zero. All of the warning lights are on also, meaning the car most likely isn't started at all and the key is just turned forward. (00:32:50)

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Tuck Everlasting picture

Revealing mistake: Winnie gets angry at her parents and runs out of the house. As her father stands up and she runs past the camera it wobbles, shaking the screen a bit.

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Far from Heaven picture

Revealing mistake: When Sarah is hit on the head by a stone she's not bleeding, and the injury looks rather dried-up. (01:16:25)

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Killing Me Softly picture

Revealing mistake: The alarm clock stops on its own after just 9 seconds of beeping. Real alarm clocks go for longer / forever to make sure you're awake. (00:06:05)

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The Importance of Being Earnest picture

Revealing mistake: When Jack and Algy are singing "Lady, Come Down" to try to get the women to listen to them again, the above shots of Algy playing the piano do not match the music being played. He scarcely even seems to try to make it look real.

He's My Brother

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A Walk To Remember picture

Revealing mistake: The makeup artists tried to make Mandy Moore (Jamie) paler for the movie, but they neglected everything but her face. In the star registry scene, notice how tan Jamie's legs are compared to her face. In the scene where she is sleeping on Landon's shoulder, you can see how tan her shoulder is compared to her face where as Landon pulls her sweater back over her shoulder. (01:04:00 - 01:18:40)

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Revealing mistake: When Marisa first leaves the hotel with Chris and all of the photographers are snapping them outside the door, Chris promises them all special access to an event he's going to and they all turn away. The last one stares right into the camera for a good couple of seconds.

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Two Weeks Notice picture

Revealing mistake: During the divorce hearing George's ex-wife throws water at Lucy. She seems to miss as you don't see any water on Lucy, but Lucy turns around and starts dabbing herself frantically. (00:21:20)

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Life or Something Like It picture

Revealing mistake: When Lanie and Pete drop off Pete's son, he is supposed to be asleep, but as they pull up to the house you can see the kid awake and talking and only when the car stops does he close his eyes.

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Revealing mistake: In the opening scene right after she's put in the truck, she is lying on the bed looking in a mirror above her and her earrings are hanging parallel to the ground as though she was standing. (00:02:12)

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Swept Away picture

Revealing mistake: When Madonna and Greenwood sit at a table having lunch (in company), Madonna is holding a cigarette while the guy to her right tiredly rubs his eyes, and a fur-covered microphone dangles in plain view from the top of the screen.

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Van Wilder picture

Revealing mistake: After Milty jumps off the diving platform, an obvious stunt double, considerably thinner than Milty, completes the dive.

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