* ActorAllusion: Near the end, as Kym is watching her mother leave the wedding early, she is interrupted when her father comes up to her with one of the wedding guests. He tells his daughter that the woman "just lost an office assistant" and [[Literature/TheDevilWearsPrada she'd be perfect for the job]].
* CaliforniaDoubling: Averted; the movie was actually shot in Stamford, Connecticut, where it's set.
* PlayingAgainstType: Who'd have thought that the girl from ''Literature/TheDevilWearsPrada'' could pull off such a raw emotional performance?
* RealitySubtext: The dishwasher scene is based on a real event that occurred at screenwriter Jenny Lumet's house involving her father, the veteran director Sidney Lumet, and Bob Fosse.
* ThrowItIn: Between takes, Anne Hathaway asked the director Johnathan Demme if the wedding band was going to be playing throughout the scene. He told her if she didn't like it, she should "do something about it." In the next take, Kym angrily interrupts the conversation to express annoyance at the music.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally Creator/PaulThomasAnderson was offered the role of Sidney.
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