When Pursy is leaving the house, she is wearing shorts. When she comes out on the street with all her belongings, she is wearing long jeans.
When Pursy puts dinner on the table for Lawson before she leaves for her date, the stack of books on the kitchen table disappears between shots.
Upon first meeting Pursy, Bobby is lying in bed and Lawson is seated next to him preparing Bobby's drink. While Lawson prepares his own drink, Pursy and Bobby exchange dialog. During this dialog Lawson fills his glass twice without drinking from it.
Geraldine asks if Lorraine finally kicked them out. Through the smoke from Bobby's cigarette we see Lawson light his cigarette. After Bobby says God wouldn't let that happen Lawson lights the cigarette again.
Bobby's cigarette while in diner with Lawson.
When Lawson is reading the letter from the law firm, another envelope is sticking out of the stack from the Auburn University Pension Fund. Two goofs appear in the return address. First, all pensions from Auburn University come from the Retirement Systems of Alabama, not the Auburn University Pension Fund, and second, the zip code for shown for Auburn, AL is incorrect. It should be 36830, not 35072, which is the zip code for Goldwater, AL.
In the beginning of the film Bobby has a slipper on his left foot. A couple of streets farther he has a slipper on his right foot.
When playing guitar and singing with his friends, Bobby Long isn't really touching the strings of the guitar.
Plastic beach chairs inside the house with the leather armchair out in the yard.