Kate Hudson was pregnant during part of the filming. Near the end of the movie, she subconsciously touches her midriff as she walks.

Spencer Breslin (Henry) and Abigail Breslin (Sarah) are siblings in real life.

While filming, director Garry Marshall kept referring to Kate Hudson as "Goldie". He had worked with Hudson's mother Goldie Hawn on Overboard (1987) and kept getting the name wrong, as he said they looked and acted so much alike. The actress was a good sport about it, but the crew put up a box for Marshall to pay five dollars for every time he called her by the wrong name. By the end of the shoot, the money in the box provided for a lavish party, thrown by Hudson for the entire crew.

The referee for Pastor Dan's hockey game is introduced as former Olympic skater Scotty Buttons. His name is a combination of the names Scott Hamilton and Dick Button, who were both past gold medal winners in the Olympics for the United States.

Shot on the same streets in Queens as Spider-Man (2002) and It Could Happen to You (1994).