When Marisol and her husband go out on a date leaving Otto to babysit their girls, they set the house alarm to the "stay" mode. When they come back later, they open the door and get in the house without the alarm going off and without disarming it.
Otto says he will pay for 6 days of gas. When he allows Malcolm to stay overnight (much later than 6 days after the gas would be off) Malcolm has eggs and coffee, and the gas stove is clearly burning.
The table disappears when Otto falls from the ceiling,but in the next shot it reappears.
When Andy is attempting to park the u-haul trailer, there is a shot where the trailer is perpendicular to the houses. In the next shot the trailer is only at a 45 degree angle to the house. Its position alternates a few times during the scene.
At 00:41:28, When Otto sits in his car, the steering wheel has no logo of the car's brand, but later on 01:08:45 the car's brand (Chevrolet) is clearly visible when Marisol drives the car.
Otto is shown receiving a degree in Engineering. Engineering degrees are not generic, there is always a specific area such as Mechanical, Civil, Chemical, etc.
On the train Otto says a 1964 quarter is pure silver. They are actually 90% silver and 10% copper.
When young Reuben shows young Otto his new Toyota Celica GT convertible, Reuben says it is a 5 speed automatic. That cannot be true because the 1992 or 1993 Celica in his garage was only available with a 4 speed automatic transmission or a 5 speed manual transmission.
The gas company most likely will not turn off the gas in the middle of the winter unless it is called in the same day.
Women are buried on the right. She was on the left.
If Otto's wife was in a wheelchair for 40 years, how did the house not appear to be handicap accessible? Otto clearly hadn't touched anything in the house after her death, but the only noticeable building alteration was the low counter top in the kitchen. No permanent ramps? No stair lift?
Tommy finds a ramp for Sonya in Otto's garage while borrowing a ladder.
Tommy finds a ramp for Sonya in Otto's garage while borrowing a ladder.
At 0:12:47 -Otto is drilling a hole directly overhead yet there is no sign of powder or wood chips falling down.
At 40:41 into the movie, it had snowed the night before and there was snow on the sidewalk. When Tommy was on the ladder trying to open a stuck window, you can see two layers of roofs for all the apartments down the street. There isn't any snow on any of them. Each one is completely dry. But the sidewalks are still covered in snow.
When Otto is rocking the baby to sleep, he's a little aggressive in the rocking. You can clearly see the doll in the crib rolling over.
The end credits lists members of an orchestra apparently playing the score of the film. Listed are "Principle Violin" and some other "principle" instruments. The correct term is actually "Principal Violin".
When Otto is at the train station you see a line of trains parked outside. They are yellow. These rail cars are modern safecar automobile trains and didn't exist at the time the movie was set in. Most automotive carriers at the time were flat beds or side load.
Near the end of the movie, Otto purchases a new truck, which is a Chevrolet Silverado EV. Otto passes in 2022, as shown by the engraving in his tombstone; despite that, the truck is not yet available for purchase as of March 2023.