The movie is dedicated to actor and director Adrienne Shelly, the writer of the film, who was murdered in 2006 when she caught a man, who had broken into her office, stealing money from her purse.
Meg Ryan and Timothy Hutton co-started together before in the film French Kiss (1995), in which the opening plot was similar; he was leaving her for another woman and she was trying to win him back.
The title of the movie is a phrase found in the lyrics of David Bowie's 1983 hit song "Let's Dance".