Jamie Lee Curtis is the godmother of Jake Gyllenhaal and Maggie Gyllenhaal and friends with their father, Stephen Gyllenhaal.
This film contains 3 members of the Gyllenhaal family, Stephen Gyllenhaal is the director, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Jake Gyllenhaal both play roles in the movie. The trio also feature together in Uma Mulher Perigosa (1993), also directed by the father Stephen Gyllenhaal with Maggie and Jake both starring in it. Jake and Maggie have also starred together in Donnie Darko (2001).
The film cast includes two Oscar winners: Billy Bob Thornton and Jamie Lee Curtis; and five Oscar nominees: John Lithgow, Jake Gyllenhaal, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jon Bon Jovi and Steve Carell.