Robert Duvall and Lucas Black previously appeared together in Sling Blade (1996) and Get Low (2009).
The second of very few live action films of the 2010s to be Rated G by the MPAA. The previous film (not counting documentaries) had been Ramona and Beezus (2010), and the next 6 films would later be Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011), The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure (2012), A Mermaid's Tale (2017), Bernie The Dolphin (2018), Noelle (2019) and Bernie the Dolphin 2 (2019).