While Jolene is working as a waitress at an al fresco banquet, she carries a tray holding two glasses of Champagne — one full and the other empty. In the very next shot, once she sets the tray down on a table, both glasses are empty.
While narrating Uncle Phil's trial, Jolene says she had to prove she was 16 so he could be found guilty of "statutory rape". However, that section of the film is set in South Carolina, where the age of consent is 16; therefore it would not amount to "statutory rape". He could, however, have been found guilty of adultery, which would have provided his wife with grounds for divorce.
Jolene cannot be charged with kidnapping her son, as she is his mother and remains married to his father. At most, she could be charged with interfering with custody.
Also, regardless of how much money Brad has, it is almost impossible to obtain a civil annulment once the marriage has been consummated (as demonstrated by Brad Jr.) and they have lived together as husband and wife.
He would have to obtain a civil divorce.
At dinner on their first date, Brad orders the restaurant's finest pinot noir, but the waiter returns with a bottle of Bordeaux, as indicated by the bottle's shape.
Jolene's Southern accent appears and disappears.
When the string quartet depart from the balcony, they leave their sheet music and music stands behind.
