Continuity mistake: In one of the last scenes, Cate Blanchett is standing in the doorway of her son's room. She is wearing a blue striped dress. When she walks into the room, she's wearing a floral dress.
The Gift (2000)
Plot summary
Directed by: Sam Raimi
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Cate Blanchett, Greg Kinnear, Hilary Swank, Katie Holmes, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Jeter, Rosemary Harris
In a bayou near Savannah lives Annie Wilson, a widow with three sons with the gift of being clairvoyant. Not long after she become threatened by Donnie Barksdale, the abusive husband of a client, a promiscuous daughter of a prominent citizen and fiancee of a school principal, Jessica King turns up missing. Annie leads the police to the Donnie's pond where Jessica's dead body turns up. During and after the trail, Annie must sort through the troubles her gift has caused her, her attraction for Jessica's ex-fiancee, a crises involving a mentally challenged client, and if her Gift is trying to show her more than what she sees.
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Buddy: You're the soul of this town, Ms Wilson, and you just need to keep doing what you are doing.
Question: When Annie and her boys are coming home from the neighbour's place, next door, there's a blue light coming from the main bedroom. Leaving her boys, Annie goes into the house and there is all this noise that sounds like a radio not completely tuned in, of an evangelist preaching really loudly. Now, where is all this noise coming from: Annie's mind, Donnie's car radio parked outside? Or is it just for our benefit?
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Answer: The TV in Annie's room.
The TV wasn't on before, and Annie is suspicious of the noise and light, which she wouldn't be if it was just the TV.