1. In the recent Phantom of the Opera movie, Minnie Driver plays Carlotta, but since she can't sing opera a professional opera singer dubs the singing parts. It makes sense if you think about it from the perspective of casting an actress - the actress can't sing opera so we'll have someone else do it. However, being an opera singer also involves a certain amount of acting, and I find it difficult to believe that there are no professional opera singers who could play an over-the-top diva. Sopranos everywhere must be pissed!
2. In Juno, Juno could just take the van and drive off to the adoptive parents' house on a whim, even though it's established that it's like an hour away. The first time she gets a "Where have you been?" from her step-mother, but there are no consequences and she does it again a couple of times. I'll grant the character a bit more freedom than is realistic because this is a movie about teen pregnancy, but in no world can you just take the family's main vehicle for several hours without telling anyone! Even if her parents don't feel the need to closely supervise her, it's a matter of basic household logistics. People need to know when the car is coming back. If she isn't even going to be subject to this constraint, why bother to make the character a teenager?
Also, Bleeker can just stop running in the middle of track practice to talk to Juno? Since when is that allowed?
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