It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 10, 2022,[2][3] and was released in the United States on April 21, 2023, by Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions.

Sticks is reserved and introverted, but is a great basketball player on his high school team and spends time practicing with Leo, who enjoys quoting Rocky for inspiration.

The Russo's trailer office is currently set up in the neighborhood of Pamela Carmelo, a beautiful widowed woman who tries to flirt with Leo.

One evening Leo and Angela attend the last game in Sticks' high school preliminary basketball tournament and are amazed to see his performance.

The Russo's visit Drexel University for Sticks' basketball interview, and Leo feels optimistic upon hearing his son has a good shot at the scholarship offer.

It is revealed that Angela feels protective of Sticks because she is paranoid about cancer remission and potentially losing out on spending time with her son, despite the fact that all of her test results consistently come back as negative.

In February 2021, it was reported that Ray Romano would direct and star in an untitled film alongside Laurie Metcalf from a screenplay he wrote with Mark Stegemann.

[6] In May 2021, Sebastian Maniscalco,[7] Jacob Ward, Sadie Stanley, Jennifer Esposito, Dierdre Friel, Jon Manfrellotti, Danny Garcia, Erik Griffin, June Gable, Tony Lo Bianco, Adam Kaplan, Katie Kreisler, Franco Maicas, and Jennifer Simard joined the cast.

"[12] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 61 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.