Director Jamal Caesar and lead actor Jake Hoffman made a pact on the day they met as school children to become filmmakers and actors. This film sealed the deal.
Though Emilie Miller, daughter of Baseball Hall of Famer Jon Miller, plays Sarah Marcovitz, the actress playing Yosef's sister is actually the daughter of the actress playing Rachel Marcovitz.
The film is shot in Crown Heights, Williamsburg, and the Upper East Side. Though the film is set in Crown Heights, most of the home interior shots (though not all) were shot in an apartment situated directly below Bette Midler's penthouse and several floors above Kevin Kline's and Phoebe Cates' apartment, overlooking Central Park.