Guest Author - Lisa Shea

American Beauty is a gripping drama about the lengths to which a mid-life crisis can drive you. Here are the movie mistakes in this film.

First, we have magical slippers. Lester's slippers are pointing towards the bed at the beginning, which is normal for someone who stood at the bed and slipped them off before getting into bed. However, when Lester goes to get out of bed, the slippers have kindly turned themselves around for him.

There are numerous issues with phones. Movies always try to use phone numbers that start with 555 because these are never "real human being phone numbers". The number 5 only makes one noise when you press it. However, when Lester calls up Angela and dials her number, it makes two beeps of one tone and then a third beep of a different tone.

Next, when Lester calls Angela by using Jane's diary, he doesn't even start with a 5. He starts with a 2.

You might wonder if her number really starts with 555, but they show in the phone book that it does.

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