Gaffes

The brown shirt Dani wears to visit her dad has long sleeves that come over her hands. But when she comes out to the truck, the sleeves appear 3/4 length.

Several times during the movie Diesel the dog is addressed as boy even though "he" is obviously a girl.

The baby mule story is misleading. Mules are sterile and cannot have babies. Mules are crossbred from female horse and a male donkey. So the mule's mother must have been a female horse or mare.

Inmate phonecalls in prison are tapped.

They would have needed to get parental consent for Jordan to get medical care.

Reflections in some scenes.

On the train trip, Dani looks way too old to be a teenager. In fact the actress was 20 at the time.

At the 71 min mark Dani has lip gloss smudged above her lips.