- Actor Allusion: Gabe's mom is no stranger to the New York city dating scene.
- Dawson Casting: Charlie Ray was about 13 playing 11-year-old Rosemary and Josh Hutchinson as 10-year-old Gabe, turned 13 around time the movie opened.
- Enforced Method Acting: That first kiss the kids have on-camera really was the actors' first.
- Real Song Theme Tune: The movie's opening, "Only The Strongest Survive" by Elvis Presley.
- What Could Have Been: AnnaSophia Robb auditioned for the role of Rosemary before Charlie Ray was cast. She and Josh Hutcherson would star together in Bridge to Terabithia, which came out two years later.
- Write Who You Know:
- According to the commentary track, Willie Garson was cast in the movie because he's friends with the director and was even his college roommate.
- Josh Pais, who plays the man Gabe's mother dates throughout the film, is also a personal friend of the writer and director, and is frequently cast in their projects.
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