romantic comedy Plot Holes That Will Ruin Your Favorite Romantic Comedies
List Rules Upvote the plot holes that are so bad they almost ruin the movie for you.
The world’s obsession with romantic comedy movies, coupled with Hollywood’s greed, sometimes causes filmmakers to churn out rom-coms so fast that plot holes run rampant - so much so that “plot holes” and “rom-com” are practically synonymous.
Most of the time romantic comedy plot holes are unrecognizable, but sometimes they're so hilariously silly that nobody cares about them one way or another. The rest of the time they add that much more charm to the film. No matter what the case, the worst rom-com plot holes are listed below, and need your votes! Vote up the biggest and most distracting plot holes in romance films, or vote down any that you can forgive.
The Beast Was How Old?!
Film: Beauty and the Beast
At the beginning of the beloved animated classic Beauty and the Beast, we are told that the Prince is cursed by an enchantress when he refuses to give her shelter and show her kindness. But if you do the math – Lumiere says the castle has been under the spell for 10 years and the prologue states that the rose will start to wilt when the Beast is 21 – that means this witch is cursing an 11 year old for being rude.Also Ranked
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Some Filmmakers Are Bad at Math
Film: The Mummy Returns
The first Mummy film begins in the year 1923, where we see Rick O’Connell’s (Brendan Fraser) first encounter with the Mummy. Three years later, in 1926, he meets the woman who will be his wife, Rachel Weisz’s Evie. The Mummy Returns begins in 1933, seven years after the end of the first film. If their son is eleven in the movie, that means he would have been born four years before Rick and Evie first met.Also Ranked
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Head-on Collisions Don't Win Championships
Film: Bring It On
The East Compton Clovers may win the competition at the end of Bring It On, but there's a snafu that probably would have lost them the national title. If you look closely, you can see two of the cheerleaders run face-first into each other.Also Ranked
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It's Hard to Cook Dinner Without a Kitchen
Film: Coming to America
In Coming to America, before his servant Semi almost gives up the secret of Akeem’s royal blood, the prince posing as a custodian offers to make dinner for his beloved Lisa as a date. But how was Akeem supposed to cook for Lisa if his apartment never had a kitchen?Also Ranked
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