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- #001
The film's original title was "The Handjob." The title was changed after the production had trouble securing shooting locations, as people assumed it was a pornographic film.
- #002
All of the teenagers in the film are played for comedic effect by adults. Most of them are over 25 years old.
- #003
The film's setting was based on writer and director Maggie Carey's high school in Boise, Idaho. Carey graduated from Borah High School in 1993, and she sculpted props for many of the surrounding locations featured in the film, including the Big Bun and the Borah Pool.
- #004
Most of the pool scenes were shot at Pinecrest Woodland Hills, a private elementary and middle school in Southern California that closed in 2016.
- #005
Aubrey Plaza and Johnny Simmons (Brandy, Cameron) had previously appeared together in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (2010).
- #006
After learning that her boss cannot swim, Brandy threatens to call the Parks department. This may be a reference to Aubrey Plaza's role in Parks and Recreation (2009).
- #007
The theater Brandy and Cameron visit in the film is called the Boise Town Theater, but the venue shown at the start of the scene is actually the Riviera Theatre in Chicago. The closest thing to a "Boise Town Theater" in Boise was the Towne Square Cinemas adjacent to the Boise Towne Square mall.
- #008
When Brandy meets Cameron in college, you can see that the poster she puts up belongs to the band The Dead.
- #009
Rachel Bilson and Scott Porter also appeared together in Hart of Dixie (2011).
- #010
Connie Britton and Scott Porter had previously worked together on Friday Night Lights (2006).
- #011
Aubrey Plaza and Scott Porter also appear together in 10 Years (2011).
- #012
Johnny Simmons plays a character named "Cameron Mitchell." Cameron Mitchell was a character actor famous for his eccentric roles in low-budget B movies of the 1970s and 1980s.
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