Kuqondiswe yiDag Lyman, ngaphambi kokuhamba noTom Cruise esikhaleni ukudubula i-blockbuster, wanquma ukuchitha isikhathi emhlabeni emphakathini ka-Ann Hathaway. Isimo sefilimu esibizwa nge-Lockdown sibhale uStephen Knight ("Izintelezi ezingcolile", "izinongo zokuthekelisa"). Ama-cobbons akhiqizayo azokwenza uP.J. Wang sandweight, okuzoba yiribhoni lomkhiqizi ngombuthano.
Mayelana nefilimu elisha namanje akaziwa kakhulu. Isabelomali sokupenda sizoba ngaphansi kwama-dollar ayizigidi eziyishumi. Le filimu ichazwa njengehlaya lokuphanga lothando, isenzo esenzeka ngesikhathi sobhubhane. Esithombeni, izindima eziningana eziyinhloko. I-Killian Murphy imenywa komunye wabo ("Ascest Visors", "ibhulakufesi kuPluto"), kepha akakayeki imvume yokubamba iqhaza kulo msebenzi. Ukudubula kufanele kuqale ngasekupheleni kukaSepthemba.
Ifilimu lokugcina, lapho i-hathaway ibekelwe inkanyezi, nayo ihlanganisa izinto zothando nobugebengu. Ethepheni "Isifiso sakhe sokugcina" Udlale intatheli eWashington Post Elena McMahon, okuphakathi kwemikhawulo yoHlelo Oluphelelwe yi-Scam Scam, oluhlala emlandweni obizwa nge- "Iran - Ukubhuka okuzayo ". Isithandwa sakhe, isikhulu esisezingeni eliphakeme, sadlala uBen Affleck.