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Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)

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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

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Continuity

When Andie arrives at the DeLauer party, she is wearing no earrings. Later, after Andie and Ben leave the ballroom, she is wearing the necklace and earrings. The security only asks for the necklace, and she takes the earrings.
At the Knicks game in the beginning of the movie after the game Andie is getting into a taxi and she hands Ben the cup of pop. Then after he kisses her she hands him the pop again.
When Andie's bag/purse is on Ben's desk, it alternates between two handles up (in the far shots) and one handle up, one handle down (in the close shots).
When Ben teaches Andie to ride a motorcycle, he takes off his helmet and puts it on the bench. They both ride the bike to the next bench where we see his helmet.
When Ben, Tony, and Thayer are in their office, you see Tony give Ben a black mug and Tony has a white mug. When Ben drinks, their mugs have switched.

Factual errors

When Andy asks Ben to get her a drink at the Knicks game, there is less than 2 minutes left in the fourth quarter. Concession stands wouldn't be open that close to the end of the game.
For the NBA Finals to reach 7 games, it would take at least two weeks. Not all 7 games would be played in the span of 12 days as in the movie. Ben plans the date for Game 7 for "Day 13" and the couple go to Game 1 on "Day 2".
Games 1, 2 and 3 of the NBA Finals are all played in New York, but if games 1 and 2 were in NY then 3, 4 and 5 would be in Sacramento.
NBA Playoffs are usually played only two or three days apart. Ben has tickets for Game Seven for "the 13th day" on "9th day" but before Game Six no one would know whether there will be one, so Game Six must have been played already on "the 8th day", five days before Game Seven.

Incorrectly regarded as goofs

When Andie goes over to Ben's house for dinner and finds he made lamb she uses the excuse that she doesn't eat meat to ruin the dinner and then takes him to a vegan restaurant. However, on the first night they met they went for dinner and had lobster. This is actually very common, as many people follow a "pescetarian" diet, that is, eating only fish or seafood and not meat, especially red meat such as lamb. Andie could very easily claim to eat only seafood, and therefore act repulsed by the lamb.
Tony, as an art director in an advertising firm in Manhattan in 2003, is using pencil, paper, and a drawing board. By this time all ad art and marketing pieces were done with computers, even with small companies with in-house marketing departments.
During the game of BS at Ben's parents, they are not going in order. His Dad says he has two 3's, then Ben says he had three 5's. His mom played fours but she said it quietly.

Revealing mistakes

In the final shot of the bridge, at least two gawkers can be seen on the far side, obviously pointing and looking at the movie being made.
When Tony wants Ben to read the article at the end of the movie, the same sentence is written over and over again: "I didn't know I was playing a game, I fell for the greatest guy ever."
When Andie goes storming out of Ben's apartment, she slams the door behind her. As the door shuts, the peephole cover swings to the side showing no actual hole behind it.
At the Knicks game, Andie asks Ben for a soda. He doesn't want to get it because there is only 1:09 left in the game. They then briefly cut to a shot of the court and the game clock says 7:53.

Miscellaneous

In the magazine article, Andie says, both in the text and in a call-out, that this is her last column for the magazine. No editor would allow this for a junior writer as it would prompt readers to look for her work in competing magazines. It is used in the film to further the love story.

Crew or equipment visible

Michelle, pretending to be a therapist, wears large glasses which reflect a whole crew of people standing in front of drawn curtains while the scene is being filmed.
When Ben is talking up close to the dog's face, two men are seen in the distance trying to avoid the camera. They appear to be stage hands.

Character error

When the character Andie Anderson says, "I mean this is Defcon 5, and I have to do something truly appalling," she really means she is at Defcon 1 or 2. Defcon 5 is the lowest level of defense readiness. Defcon 1 is the highest.
One of the headlines on the first magazine's cover (during the intro-montage) states 'How To Loose Your Stomach' instead of the correct 'Lose'.

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