Oh my God, there are plot holes everywhere!

All of these things are possible, some may be not very probable. Its usually the improbable parts that make movies interesting. Chances are, if this series of events happened in real life it would be dry as hell.

I just finished watching it for maybe the 10th time, and it wakes me up every time. I really like this movie.

I agree. This film suffered from a major lack of character building, back story and failed to tie up loose ends as it went.

1. Agreed. Ludicrous.
2. In fairness they did allude to a lot of paperwork being required at least, hence the getaway.
3. Yes.
4. Agreed again. No reasoning given for any of this, which means it's hard to care about this sub plot.
5. Absurd. Kids know if they're colour blind very early.
6. A laughable plot device, poorly scripted and performed.
7. Stupid and clumsily executed scene.
8. He wouldn't be able to.
9. Nope, the van would've been impounded.
10. Yes. In fact, if this was real the entire trip would've been called off.

I get that it's supposed to be a comedy and stuff like the cop pulling them over isn't meant to be serious, but there were so many ridiculous things that it's hard to invest in the characters or really care about the outcome. Which, incidentally, was massively predictable.

None of these are plot holes. The film is about a fairly wacky escapade. Within the context of the film, it all makes sense.

1. They were not even expecting their daughter to get into the pageant. They seemd like they were busy/preoccupied and let the gandpa handle it.

2. He didn't 'show up dead.' The doctor tried to save his life, but couldn't. The doctors are not police. The family probably removed the drug paraphenalia. That's what I would have done. A coronor is not yet involved at this point and probably doesn't need to be.

3. No, I don't think this is a 'police chase' scenario. Taking dead grandpa from the hospital is not that kind of crime.

4. 'For some reason? ' The idea of flying military jets can be kind of cool to a teenager. To anyone, really. To me, it seemed to fit in very well with his 'personality' as it was. He was into discipline.

5. Colorblind people often don't realize.

6. This is far from being a plot hole. The information reinforces the drama of the situation.

7. "Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine." is a line from one of the most famous movies of all time, Casablanca. Yes, movies have coincidences, but coincidences are rarely as unlikely as you think. If they met on an Siberian sleigh ride, that would be a remarkable coincidnece. Meeting on the road to So Cal from Albuquerque/Arizona? Not so much.

8. The same way a mute student can.

9. The cop was clearly distracted by the porn.

10. You don't work as the grief counselor at a hospital. What you would do is immaterial.

5 - I knew someone who got a full commercial pilot instrument certification, then failed a color blindness test and got told he could not go beyond private pilot.

Not plot holes.

~ I'm a 21st century man and I don't wanna be here.

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None of those are plot holes.

Why Frank has to just blatantly state Dwayne could not be a pilot if he was colorblind, except to inform the audience who might be stupid enough not to realize this fact by its own.

I am not a stupid person, but at that moment, it would not have occurred to me that colorblindness prohibits flying jets.

How the *beep* is Dwayne able to remain silent for months and still properly attend high school?

He probably did talk at school, just not to his family at home. The movie can't show everything.