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Anachronisms (1) |
Audio/visual unsynchronised (5) |
Boom mic visible (2) |
Character error (1) |
Continuity (21) |
Factual errors (1) |
Plot holes (1) |
Revealing mistakes (1)
Anachronisms
The milk carton states that Josh disappeared on September 12th. It takes six weeks (or until late October) for him to get the information about the carnival, become young again and go home. Yet somehow his birthday, January 20th on that same milk carton, comes around during those six weeks in autumn.
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Audio/visual unsynchronised
When Josh and Paul are walking to the court, Paul says a line but his mouth clearly says something else.
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Billy's mouth as he says, "...all the way down into her flowers."
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When Josh and the St. James Hotel guy are talking about the $10 deposit for the sheets, the man's voice continues into the next shot without his mouth moving.
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When Josh's mom is freaking out when Old Josh walks in, she is speaking (screaming) but her mouth does not move.
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At the Macmillan party, the upright bass player at one point stops playing and says something to another man, then carries on playing, but you could still here the bass even though he stopped playing.
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Boom mic visible
When Josh and Susan are standing up through the sunroof of the limo after leaving the party, the shadow of a boom mic is visible several times on Josh as the limo passes under street lights.
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In the scene where Josh and Susan are jumping on the trampoline, a boom mic is reflected in the window.
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Character error
When Josh and his boss are playing piano at the toy store, Josh throws a bag down on the ground before playing. When Josh and his boss leave Josh leaves the bag on the ground and doesn't take it with him.
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Continuity
Susan's hand on Josh's chin when he's about to return home.
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One of the racquetball players has his racket jump from hand to hand.
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Big Josh hands the baby his wallet while she is in the playpen, yet when he picks her up, it is no longer in the playpen with her.
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When Josh hands his wallet to his baby sister, she turns and walks to the center of her playpen. In the very next shot, she's leaning up against the railing again.
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When Josh first meets Billy, after turning older, a dodge-ball on the floor by Josh appears / disappears between shots.
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When Josh and MacMillan are on the giant piano, the crowd behind them changes a lot between shots, e.g. a young girl in the background is seen to sit on her dad's lap twice. Also, the boy in the sweater disappears, then reappears in time to applaud at the end of the song.
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The amount of wine in Susan's glass, before she goes to talk with Josh at the party.
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When Young Josh is at the Zoltar machine, just before the machine starts working, the "man" in the machine has it mouth halfway open. In the next close-up, the mouth is now closed.
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In one scene, Billy is putting items in a bin, including his walkie talkie. Between shots, the items such as some pieces of paper, change position.
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When young Josh is standing in front of the Zoltar machine for the first time, Zoltar is opening and closing its mouth and its eyes are flashing red, but when we see it from the side, the head is still.
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When Susan chases after Josh after he runs out of the meeting, she just misses the elevator doors closing. She pushes the down button to call another elevator, but it was already lit - there's no reason for it to be lit when a descending elevator has just closed and left and nobody else is there to push the button.
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When Josh and Susan are riding in the limo, the background shots alternate between different streets, evidenced by the lights and buildings which are constantly changing between shots.
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When "old Josh" meets Billy for the first time in the ballroom, the football helmets change position on the table beside Josh throughout the shots.
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A red sticker appears on Josh's door in the hotel which wasn't there earlier.
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When he wakes up as big Josh, his underwear seems the right size, but if he wore them the night before, they should surely have been too small for him?
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When Susan drives Josh home at the end, the trees on his street are in full autumn color, but in the next scene when Josh and Billy are walking down the street, the leaves are green again.
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When Josh is telling Susan about his electronic comic idea, the sleeve on her left shoulder keeps changing. One shot it's off the shoulder, then it's back on the shoulder, then it's off the shoulder again. This happens several times.
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When Josh is discussing his electronic comic idea with Susan, the slice of pizza in the middle of the table has its crust facing the camera in the first shot, then it moves 90 degrees around the plate.
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When Susan grabs the card from Zoltan after Josh makes his last wish, the card is face down in her hands and she is reading the back. The card is right side up in the next scene.
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When Josh points out to Susan that there is mustard around her mouth, she wipes it off with her bare hand, but her gloves magically appear on her hands again on the next shot.
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After Josh accuses Paul of cheating at racquetball, Paul goes to grab Josh and Josh drops his racquet. After the cut the racquet is back in his hand and then he drops it again a few seconds later.
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Factual errors
In the closing credits where acknowledgments are given to entities who assisted in the production, the entry for "FAO Schwarz" is spelled "FAO Schwartz."
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Plot holes
The morning after Josh gets "big", he tries to convince his mom that he is really her son. He tells her that his birthday is November 3. Later, we see a milk carton with a "missing" advert on the side about Josh, which says his birthday is 1st January.
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Revealing mistakes
Josh plays his computer game. He replies to the question "What do you want to melt him with?" You can see him typing, but watch his right hand, he just hits the same keyboard key over and over again.
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