Continuity mistake: When Oliver shows the blueprint with red, yellow and green areas, his left hand swaps from being lowered to being on top of the blueprint.
Sacha
20th May 2019
The War of the Roses (1989)
18th Feb 2010
The War of the Roses (1989)
Continuity mistake: The first time we see the Roses's daughter, the amount of empty space on the right of the table keeps increasing and decreasing depending on the angle.
18th Feb 2010
The War of the Roses (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Gavin is doing a foot massage to a woman under the dinner table, the fork on his plate keeps changing positions depending on the angle.
14th Feb 2010
The War of the Roses (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Oliver climbs onto the chandelier, the metal bar falls to the floor and lands to the far left. In the following aerial angle the bar has moved closer to the center part of the floor.
13th Feb 2010
The War of the Roses (1989)
Visible crew/equipment: When Barbara drives her car towards the Morgan and makes a 180ยบ turn, the wide angle shows that she has been replaced by a stunt woman.
13th Feb 2010
The War of the Roses (1989)
Continuity mistake: After interviewing the new maid, Barbara is cooking something. The front angle shows the cutlery on the counter, but the back angle shows it hanging halfway off.
13th Feb 2010
The War of the Roses (1989)
Continuity mistake: After Barbara has thrown liver to the dog, while they are having dinner the glasses in front of Oliver's dish appear or disappear depending on the angle.
13th Feb 2010
The War of the Roses (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Oliver is peeing on the soup, the length and position of the kitchen paper roll changes between shots.
13th Feb 2010
The War of the Roses (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Barbara stands up in the middle of dinner to go get her contract, the position of the napkin on the table changes between one shot and the other.
13th Feb 2010
The War of the Roses (1989)
Audio problem: The auctioneer says the object that Oliver is bidding on is Japanese, but the insert angle of the brochure said it was Chinese. It could be a character mistake, but that wouldn't move the plot anywhere and, besides, this is a movie, so the one who designed the brochure most probably didn't know what the script said.
13th Feb 2010
The War of the Roses (1989)
Continuity mistake: After Barbara throws food to the dog, she puts some on her hand for the cat to lick it. The distance of her hand to the cat's mouth changes drastically between one shot and the other.
13th Feb 2010
The War of the Roses (1989)
Revealing mistake: When Barbara is smashing the car, her SUV is standing on a very obvious ramp covered with grass.
12th Feb 2010
The War of the Roses (1989)
Continuity mistake: When the movie starts and Barbara shelters herself from the rain with a suitcase, her hair changes from being on her back to over her chest.
12th Feb 2010
The War of the Roses (1989)
Continuity mistake: When Barbara is about to put the star on the tree, the toys on the table keep appearing and disappearing between shots.
12th Feb 2010
The War of the Roses (1989)
Continuity mistake: The first time we see the Roses celebrating Christmas the amount of pencils in the cube keeps changing between shots.
12th Feb 2010
The War of the Roses (1989)
Continuity mistake: Barbara talks about how good being a waitress is and throws a bunch of dollar bills on top of a book. In the following angle, they have moved closer to the pencil cube.
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