Mother’s Day > Trivia

Miranda’s (Julia Roberts) assistant in the movie is played by her real-life sister. The children in the wedding are her real-life children, Hazel, Phinneas, and Henry Moder.
Final movie from director Garry Marshall, who passed away shortly after the film’s release.
The train station’s sign says, “Today’s Special: Fried Green Tomatoes.” It is the exact location from the movie.
Julia Roberts earned $3 million for four days’ work.
Julia Roberts wears the same wig she wore in Notting Hill(opens in new tab) (1999) for a scene about a space movie. In an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003) in May 2016, Roberts said she was ”recycling”.
Director Garry Marshall makes a cameo as a bartender at the comedy club.
Hector Elizondo and Julia Roberts appeared together in Garry Marshall’s film Pretty Woman. In this film, their characters are at the train station restaurant, where they make a “salad fork” comment referencing their earlier film.
When comedians perform at the comedy club, Billy Crystal’s name is written on the wall where Jon Lovitz is sitting.
In the soccer scene, the Coach’s line — “Yeah, there’s no texting in soccer, okay? I mean, there’s running and jumping, eye contact, laughing, there’s even crying. There’s no texting.” — is a nod to Tom Hanks’ iconic quote, “There’s no crying in baseball,” from A League of Their Own (1992), which Penny Marshall directed and Garry Marshall had a supporting role.