Since the cast and crew was working with a budget of only $250,000, most of the scenes were filmed in the houses of the crew and their family members who lived within three blocks of each other.
The pink shirt Jennifer Tilly wears in the movie was given to her by her Bound (1996) co-star Gina Gershon.
Producer Steven J. Wolfe's aunt makes a cameo as the nurse who leads the cast to Tara's hospital room.