Mitch hides from The Nordic Man by climbing into the rafters. As he hides, beads of sweat drop from his face onto the floor in a way that's strangely prophetic of Mission: Impossible.
Hearing Mitch's mortgage terms, after the real estate collapses in the late 90s. A thirty-year mortgage at ten per cent? Terrible! Yet when the book came out, it was considered a good deal.
They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: Inverted. Many believe the movie is superior to the book. In the book, Mitch is very unsympathetic and every bit as corrupt as the firm, Avery is an outright villain, and the incredibly elaborate set-up turns out to be nothing but Mitch doing what he could have done in the first place. In the movie, Mitch is much more sympathetic, Avery is a sympathetic Punch-Clock Villain, and the elaborate plan results in Mitch bringing down the firm which controlled him, legally protecting his clients (the mob) so he can keep his law license and end up on the right side with the mob, and concludes with him getting his life back to pursue new options.
