Jumping the broom is a tradition amongst black people.
Angela Bassett and Loretta Devine previously starred together in Waiting to Exhale (1995).
Directorial debut of Salim Akil.
The song "Magic," by Paula Patton's (at the time) real-life husband Robin Thicke, can be heard playing.
This movie has a subtle nod to another one of Angela Bassett's movies, How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998); Shonda was an older women with braids who fell for the advances of a 20-year-old, just like in How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998).