Continuity mistake: After comforting Maggie when she was crying, when Mike invites her to his party she is standing with her arms down by her sides, but in the next shot when she says, "Yes, I would love to," her arms are instantly crossed in front of her. (Visible on DVD fullscreen.) (01:10:05)
Continuity mistake: When Mike is comforting Maggie because of her breakup with Stan, the position of Maggie's hands, head, etc keep changing abruptly between shots, and the proximity between Maggie and Mike changes as well during their conversation. (01:08:00)
Continuity mistake: When Alex walks in on Mike dancing with Scarlet, in the background Alex's arm is out as he turns off the stereo with the remote and then puts his hands in his back pockets in close-up. Then two shots later, Alex's hand with the remote once again points to the stereo and then puts his hands by his back pockets. (00:56:55)
Continuity mistake: When Ned walks into Principal Masterson's office and does the "peacocking" bit, in the close-up his index finger is at his chin as he holds his sunglasses by its arms dangling on his thumb, with the lenses facing down, but in the next shot the lenses are facing up between his fingers and his face. (00:49:05)
Continuity mistake: After the lights flicker at the school, when Mike is at the top of the stairway, in his close-ups the door is in the background to his left, but when he asks "Hello?" he is standing further away from the door. (00:24:00)
Continuity mistake: Just near the end of the Mike and Ned fight scene, Mike twirls in a circle and hits Ned with his saber in the overhead shot, making Ned fall. In the next shot however Ned is back up and Mike hits him again. (00:20:30)
Continuity mistake: When Alex freaks at Mike for staring straight at the girl he has a crush on, he fully opens his eyes. They are normal in the next shot as he talks to Mike. (00:59:20)
Continuity mistake: During Health class, when Stan says, "Great, fine, wonderful! More for me," and dumps more condom packages on his desk, his pencil is to the left of his textbook, then next shot it's to the right of the book, and in the final shot when Mike slams into Stan the pencil is at the top edge of the book. (00:47:20)
Audio problem: When Scarlet hugs Alex for making the team and tells "Mark" that his hug is super inappropriate, when she says, "Good job!..." her mouth is not in sync with the words. It looks as if she actually said, "That's great!" (00:53:25)
Continuity mistake: When Alex and Mike are talking near the beginning of the party scene, Alex burps and puts his fist to his mouth to excuse himself. It is by his side in the next shot. (00:59:20)
Continuity mistake: At the beginning of the scene in the cafeteria, in the very first shot take note of where Alex and Mike are standing; look for a guy in a blue striped shirt. He is near the grey bars. In the close up of Alex and Mike, he is now in the back talking to some other dude. (00:35:45)
Continuity mistake: When Mike sees the female janitor come out, look at her broom and her mop. At first the mop is not touching the broom, but it suddenly is when the janitor asks Mike if he's alright. (00:22:45)
Continuity mistake: The condoms an Stan's desk keep changing throughout the entire science class scene, especially when he says, "OK, fine, more for me." (00:47:25)
Continuity mistake: At the start of the scene in the restaurant, when Ned's wine is served Jane's menu is flat on the table. When Ned starts smelling the wine she is holding it up instantly. (01:11:10)
Continuity mistake: When teen Mike comes to school in the new Audi, he parks on the yellow line, but when he's walking away from the car, it is perfectly parked, approximately 6-7 inches from the yellow parking line. (00:30:35)
Continuity mistake: When Mike is eating the stick thing in Ned's kitchen, there is still wrapper on it that disappears when he is putting the cheese on it. (00:40:30)
Continuity mistake: When Maggie is crying in the bleachers, a large lock of hair from her ponytail keeps appearing and disappearing from her shoulder. (01:09:15)
Continuity mistake: As the camera shot moves up Mike in the shower, after he's turned 17, he has a large amount of hair near his left eye. In the next shot it's sprawled all across his forehead. (00:18:10)
Answer: I've not seen the movie, but an ex-wife would be closer to her ex-husband than a coach to his old student, no matter how good.
JonTheRandom