The Heartbreak Kid
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  • Jason Bateman and Amy Poehler were originally cast as the leads, when James Bobin was signed on to direct the film, replacing Barry Sonnenfeld.

  • Release prints were shipped to some theaters under the fake title "Hansel". Hansel is a character in Zoolander (2001), another Ben Stiller movie.

  • In some areas, release prints were delivered to theaters with the fake title 'Cork'.

  • Some names for the film pitched by TitleDoctors to the studio are "Mrs. Right Now," "Unintentionally Yours," and "Damned If I Do".

  • Eddie's father, Doc, is played by Jerry Stiller, Ben Stiller's father in real life.

  • During the drive and the arrival Ben Stiller’s character is wearing a Jack Johnson shirt. Ben Stiller was in Jack Johnson's video for the song "Taylor."

  • The film marks the 20th Anniversary of Ben and Jerry Stiller working in a film together. Their first appearance was in the John Cusack comedy-adventure, Hot Pursuit (1987), in which they also played father and son villains.


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