Question: In the scene where the dad tells Annie, pretending to be Hallie, that he is going to marry Meredith, Hallie yells a bunch of stuff in French. Does anyone know what she was saying?
Answer: She actually said, "Marry her?! That's insane! How can you marry a woman young enough to be my big sister?!"
She was saying that in English, not in French.
Answer: Not really but I think she was saying you're kidding.
Question: How old are Nick and Elizabeth? Hallie says that Nick's fiancee, Meredith, is young enough to be her sister. This would imply that Nick is at least sixteen years past Meredith's age, twenty-six. That would make him forty-two, so he was thirty or thirty-one at the time the girls were born. However, Meredith left Nick because they were "so young" and didn't get along. The early thirties years are not usually considered young ages for getting married and having children.
Answer: The marriage certificate at the very beginning of the film says he was 24 (in Jan 1986). Thus, in the summer of 1998 he would be about 36/37 (depending on when his birthday is), and so is about 10 years older than Meredith. An 11-year old would probably view this age difference as greater than adults would.
In addition to this, I don't think Meredith's age was as much of a problem as the girls made it out to be. They viewed her as an obstacle to their plans, and would do anything to try and end her relationship with their father.
Answer: It depends on your point-of-view. Youngsters often consider people in their 30s as being "old" while more mature adults over the age of 40, would consider someone in their early to mid thirties as still being very young. Everyone matures at a different rate, and some people in their early 30s still think and act like they're much younger.
Answer: Different people have different reactions to age gaps in relationships. I've met some who think a 7-year gap is noteworthy, while others don't care about 20 years. I myself am 14 years younger than my spouse. The majority of people don't care, while one or two people have raised eyebrows. Also, as another commenter suggested, a child would probably view 10 years as a bigger deal anyway.
Revealing mistake: When Hallie is about to pierce Annie's ear, Annie puts the apple underneath her earlobe and Hallie puts the needle in - you can clearly see that Annie's ear already has a hole in it. (00:40:39)
Suggested correction: I've looked at it closely. I can't see a hole anywhere.
You can also see that Annie's ear is already pierced during the lake scene.
Continuity mistake: When Dennis Quaid sees Elizabeth and falls in the pool, its broad daylight, but when she helps him and they're sitting down, its twilight and there are a lot of lights on, but when they see his fiancée they stand up and it's broad daylight again. (01:29:40)
Suggested correction: Sorry. It looks bright to me the whole time.
When they're sitting, it looks darker than when he originally fell into the pool.
Plot hole: The parents meet and get married on the QE II and then we jump to the girls getting to camp 11 years and nine months later. We learn their 12th birthdays are on October 11, so at the time of the camp (which must be around July/August) they are 11 years and around 9 months old. They should only be 11, given it takes 9 months to grow a baby, but instead they're nearly 12.
Suggested correction: Elizabeth James got pregnant sometime within the 11 years. Their parents sent them to camp in July because in October they both turn 12. So they are 11 years 9 months old.
The mistake is valid, but perhaps not specific enough about why. The opening scene takes place Jan 8, 1986 (as seen on the marriage licence). Then it says 11 years and 9 months later, which would mean in the next scene it's October 1997 (when it's July 1998). It's 11 years and 9 months after the twins' birth and/or the parents' divorce. But we're not actually shown that part.
Answer: I hope that you are joking, Meredith is not the girl for you. But it is possible that I am dreaming that this is so.
Stephen Edmonds 1