The Irish step dance scene starts with a cutaway where the center dancer is actually a male dancer.
The film cast includes one Oscar winner: Laura Dern; and two Oscar nominees: Naomi Watts and Mark Ruffalo.
The film's title is similar to that of "lAlice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), which featured Dern in a bit part near the end and for which her mother, Diane Ladd, won the first of three Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominations.