Alessandro Gassman and Enrico Brignano already starred together in La Bomba (1999) and in Ex - Amici come prima (2011).
Alessandro Gassman already starred in a Christmas movie, Natale a Beverly Hills (2009), and later in Un Natale con i Fiocchi (2012).
Widely inspired by Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987). In particular the scene of the car fire and the trip on the damaged vehicle is a clear reference.
The scene where Danilo (Enrico Brignano) tells to the girlfriend of Claudio (Alessandro Gassman) of his cheating reminds a similar one of Le dîner de cons (1998).
The scene where Claudio (Alessandro Gassman) and Danilo (Enrico Brignano) try to seduce two girls in a hotel reminds the one of The Odd Couple (1968), where Oscar Madison (Walter Matthau) and Felix Ungar (Jack Lemmon) invite the sisters Pidgeons to dinner.