 Filmed in 2000, Miramax films planned on releasing the film in late  2001, but shelved it indefinitely in the US. A number of reasons  were given for the delay, from the unlikeable nature of the central  heroine to writer Elizabeth Wurtzel (qv)s offensive comments  about 9/11, to the fact that Wurtzel noted that the movie was  "horrible." The movie finally debuted on the Starz! network in 2005  when, following the exit of Harvey Weinstein (qv) and  Bob Weinstein (qv) from Miramax, all pending films were released,  in one form or another.