In several interviews, Susan Walter explains how she originally wrote a coming of age comedy about a 25 year old woman. Because she wanted somebody tough and vibrant to play the mother, she sent the script to Sharon Stone. Sharon called her and said : "No, no, no. Don't make it a coming of age comedy about somebody in their twenties. Been there. Done that. Make it about a woman in her fifties and now you have something fresh. I'm not playing the mother...I'm playing the lead!"
Elizabeth Posey's debut.
Ellen Burstyn plays the mother.