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Unrealistic things that happen in films..

263 replies

BumbleBee120 · 27/09/2025 07:59

Recently I am noticing more than ever things that are so unrealistic and think it would be so simple to make more believable, is anyone else like this? 😂

• When someone pulls out their phone & presses one button and their instantly calling the right person!?

• How a sudden downpour of rain can just start with no warning!?

• Always the most extravagant meals on the table for every mealtime but the kitchen is never messy!?

OP posts:
jscbni · 28/09/2025 18:36

All houses have full length windows and never shut the curtains, knowing there is a sniper lurker stalker out to get them

JLou08 · 28/09/2025 18:40

I have experienced a few sudden down pours of rain.
Everyone being dressed and looking fabulous before they sit down to eat a cooked breakfast on a school day, especially when there's 3 kids and a baby and everyone is happy and calm.

Honesting · 28/09/2025 18:48

Progress bars showing money transfers.

Judecb · 28/09/2025 18:53

People seem to be able to park absolutely anywhere free of charge! 🤣

Susgor · 28/09/2025 18:53

Big jugs of suppossedly freshly squeezed orange juice on every breakfast table.

Nobody washes or wipes after sex. They dress and inmediately walk out.

Chumbawomble · 28/09/2025 19:10

Looking everywhere else but the road whilst driving.

icebearforpresident · 28/09/2025 19:13

CaptainCallisto · 27/09/2025 08:05

If someone is wearing glasses, they will inevitably fall over, their glasses will fall off, and they will crawl around patting the floor going "my glasses, my glasses!". I've been wearing specs over 40 years and am dyspraxic - I have fallen over a lot. Never once have they fallen off my face when I hit the deck!

Glasses acting - a character who wears glasses is being played by an actor who has never worn a pair of glasses in their life. Every time they are ever so slightly stressed they take off their glasses, toss them onto the table and close their eyes while pinching the top of their nose to show they are stressed. In my head I can picture Keifer Sutherland doing this but no idea what in because Jack Bauer never wore glasses l 😆

I’ve worn glasses for over 30years and literally the only time I’ve taken them off is because I’m going to bed, washing my face or cleaning my glasses, and given the amount of money they cost I’m not throwing them anywhere!

Beachtastic · 28/09/2025 19:16

Chumbawomble · 28/09/2025 19:10

Looking everywhere else but the road whilst driving.

To be fair, I've known a few people do this 😬 how they are still alive is anyone's guess, but I never get in a car with them again!

cobrakaieaglefang · 28/09/2025 19:19

Being chased, they always run up flights of stairs..yep to the roof, they have parkour skills to escape, yet how many of us could do that.

TheatricalLife · 28/09/2025 19:24

I haven't read every answer so it may have been mentioned, but I can't stand films where they have horses who just neigh and whicker constantly. It just isn't like that ever in real life. You don't go for a hack and they constantly neigh for no reason. I actually had to stop watching Untamed on Netflix as it annoyed me so much.

carkerpartridge · 28/09/2025 19:26

People swallowing a handful of tablets, without water, for their headache/dicky heart/stress and then being instantly relieved of their ailment.
Going to bed with the curtains open.
People who are thrown into a different from their everyday situation, like going into hiding/being on the run and managing to have a change of clothes in the next scene despite not taking a bag with them.

LillyPJ · 28/09/2025 19:27

icebearforpresident · 28/09/2025 19:13

Glasses acting - a character who wears glasses is being played by an actor who has never worn a pair of glasses in their life. Every time they are ever so slightly stressed they take off their glasses, toss them onto the table and close their eyes while pinching the top of their nose to show they are stressed. In my head I can picture Keifer Sutherland doing this but no idea what in because Jack Bauer never wore glasses l 😆

I’ve worn glasses for over 30years and literally the only time I’ve taken them off is because I’m going to bed, washing my face or cleaning my glasses, and given the amount of money they cost I’m not throwing them anywhere!

Edited

In a similar way, you can always tell when a character is smoking but the actor's not a smoker. They never seem to hold the cigarette in a natural way. And don't get me started on actors pretending to be musicians!

LouiseK93 · 28/09/2025 19:51

Not films, but Soaps like Eastenders, everyone's kids are always missing. The adults go about their day doing this this and that and the kids are no where to be seen 😂 whos got them all?!

suburburban · 28/09/2025 19:58

When they go to bed to canoodle or get up afterwards or in the morning with full make up and no panda eye mascara

suburburban · 28/09/2025 20:01

Tomatocutwithazigzagedge · 27/09/2025 08:54

The fact that there's a market stall that only seems to sell oranges in the line of destruction for every car crash.

Starsky and Hutch most weeks😂

DuesToTheDirt · 28/09/2025 20:38

Chumbawomble · 28/09/2025 19:10

Looking everywhere else but the road whilst driving.

I was once a passenger in a car with a guy like that. He talked incessantly, and he'd say something completely inconsequential then stare hard at me waiting for a response. AARRGH!

ThreePears · 28/09/2025 20:45

99victoria · 27/09/2025 13:16

When the phone rings they are always right next to it so can pick it up immediately 😂

And it's never a wrong number, or Auntie Barbara, or someone trying to sell them double glazing, is it?😂

Laurmolonlabe · 28/09/2025 20:48

No one ever pays for anything.

Speckly · 28/09/2025 21:17

Couple bath together and there’s never any rearranging of limbs, feet sticking out or “Ow your nails are sharp! Get them away from my goolies!”

Everyone cooks complicated meals from scratch. Nobody goes to the fridge and says “Shall we just have a readymeal or nuggets tonight?”

Nobody ever says “Nah I don’t fancy it tonight love. I’ve had a shit day at work and I’m knackered!”

LillyPJ · 28/09/2025 21:37

Susgor · 28/09/2025 18:53

Big jugs of suppossedly freshly squeezed orange juice on every breakfast table.

Nobody washes or wipes after sex. They dress and inmediately walk out.

This! Woman gets out of bed after a steamy night of sex, pulls on last night's clothes and heads off to work...

Sunshineandgrapefruit · 28/09/2025 21:54

Drinking spirits near and then driving

BooneyBeautiful · 28/09/2025 22:01

People who have been wearing loads of different outfits throughout the film/show, then have to leave their accommodation suddenly taking only one small suitcase!

echt · 28/09/2025 22:19

All the cars being clean and shiny.

Thistlewoman · 28/09/2025 22:27

Size 0 (or similar) women fighting big blokes and winning.

NomoneyNoprospects · 28/09/2025 22:30

FanofLeaves · 27/09/2025 08:02

They set up a date or a social event by saying ‘I’ll see you at 7’. WHERE?!!!

you go into labour suddenly and without warning, as you shop or have lunch. Then there’s a big gushing water water break and you have to get to the hospital pronto as your baby will be born within the hour.

Edited

Said baby is also really clean and at least 3 months old.