Goofs

In the scene where Jennifer Lawrence's character first comes out of her house while her car is being towed she is barefoot. Later in the scene she is wearing strappy sandals.

When Percy drives his car into the ocean, from the inside the driver's window is closed but in outside shots it is fully open.

During the Long Island Iced Tea scene, the drink moves around the table between shots.

When the 1997 Buick is delivered to Maddie's house, the car is lacking any damage to the front fascia and front windshield from the earlier scene showing it being driven into a tree.

During the bar scene, the amount of long island iced tea in the glass fluctuates at around 32 minutes.

An IRS "past due" notice can be observed multiple times. The IRS does not prepare mailings this way, nor would they be involved in collecting taxes on real property. Real property taxation gets levied by the local, not federal government.

If you do NOT have a car that meets Uber standards, they will actually provide a driver with a new car. Obviously the new car is not free--there is a financial arrangement--but you can make money with the new car.

Maddie needs the Buick Regal to use as her Uber vehicle. Uber has a 10 year age limit on cars. The Buick is a 1997 model year. It would not be eligible. The damage sustained to it would also rule it out.

However, this is only played for laugh.

After Maddie earns $6,376.33 and checks her bank account on her laptop, it says she has reached 22% of her savings goal, but does not indicate the actual amount she needs to save. A month later when her bank account says she has finally reached 100% of her savings goal, she has earned $22,186.04, which if the first bank calculation was correct means her savings are not directly proportional to her earnings.

Maddie tells Percy that there are no sharks to worry about at the Long Island beach, even though there have been several reports about it in real life. However, this is just a way to further show how little Maddie cares about risks and consequences.

Maddie is shown driving the 1997 Buick later in the film (at 83:44 minutes). To give the illusion vehicles are often towed on a trailer, as is the the case in this scene. However, this illusion is shattered when Maddie slides her hands along the steering wheel while it remains stationary. Turning the wheel without the engine running for power steering would be very difficult. The ignition is visible and lacks a key.

A short way into the film, when Maddie is trying to steal her car back, she is trying to reverse away from the tow truck and the car is sliding from side to side, but the rear wheels are not moving so there is obviously a mechanism under the car causing this.

The bar/wrench Percy beating the car with (at 1:15:15) is obviously made of rubber.

When Maddie first visits the Becker residence the Buick in the driveway has the license plate "K31 B75". Later, when Maddie leaves the Dog Rescue Shelter with Percy, the van she has borrowed shows the exact same license plate: K31 B75.

The parents say that absolutely no one can know of their plan for their son. Yet, put an ad on Craiglist stating what they want.

When Percy meets Natalie at the restaurant, and they find out they're both going to Princeton, one of them would immediately have asked the other what college they were in.