Jumping the broom is a tradition amongst black people.
Angela Bassett and Loretta Devine previously starred together in Waiting to Exhale (1995).
Directorial debut of Salim Akil.
This movie has a subtle nod to another one of Angela Bassett's movies, How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998); Shonda was an older women with braids who fell for the advances of a 20-year-old, just like in How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998).
The song "Magic," by Paula Patton's (at the time) real-life husband Robin Thicke, can be heard playing.