Principal photography for the film took place in early 2008 across locations in the United Kingdom and Italy.

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2008, but did not get a limited US theatrical release until a full year later, on 11 September 2009.

The cast features two actors named Ralph: Antonio Banderas plays the central character Ralph Cortés, while Paterson Joseph plays a different character, Lisa's colleague, who is wrongly suspected of the affair because he shares the same name.

The film received largely negative reviews, including from Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and The Houston Chronicle, and holds only a 16% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an average score of 4/10.

Metacritic gave the film a weighted score of 34 out of 100 based on 8 critics, indicating 'generally unfavorable' reviews.