Anywhere But Here

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the movie, Natalie Portman and Susan Sarandon are driving down the road. When they are shot from Portman's side of the car, her hair is blowing and Sarandon's window is closed. But when shot from Sarandon's side, Portman's window is closed, her hair isn't blowing anymore and Sarandon's hair is blowing.

Continuity mistake: When Adele is talking to Josh on the phone in the morning with Ann sitting in the car in the background, you can see that the car is no more than 10 feet away. After she gets off the phone and walks back to the car the shot cuts to a far away overhead shot and now the car is probably 30+ feet away. (01:02:10)

Timothy Conard

Continuity mistake: When Adell and Uncle Jimmy are fighting after Benny's funeral, Ann is standing in the background. First she's behind the table then it switches angles and she's to the side of the table. It keeps changing every time the camera switches angles.

Continuity mistake: In the beginning of the movie, Anne (Natalie's character) locks herself in the bathroom and looks through the contents in the box that her cousin Benny gives her. She reaches in to grab a handful of pictures and looks at the one of her family and the one of her and Benny. Behind the picture of her and Benny is a picture of her friend Mary. She then places the pictures in her lap and reaches into the box and pulls out the same picture of Mary.

Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the movie, Natalie Portman and Susan Sarandon are driving down the road. When they are shot from Portman's side of the car, her hair is blowing and Sarandon's window is closed. But when shot from Sarandon's side, Portman's window is closed, her hair isn't blowing anymore and Sarandon's hair is blowing.

More mistakes in Anywhere But Here

Ann: He said not to ever do that to me again. He said that if you do he'll have you taken off to prison and locked up and you'll never ever see me again, and you'll have to eat ice-cream on your own.
Adele: You went too far with the ice cream business. He did not say that.
Ann: Yes, he did.
Adele: No, he did not.
Ann: And he wants to adopt me. He finds me very attractive.
Adele: ...Thank you Ann, Thank you. And your fiance will be back here in 2 minutes to see if we moved the car.

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