To answer your questions:
1) Laurie's house was indeed shot in Highland Park. The house is on Graham St. a few blocks from So. 2nd.
2) The practice field as well as the playing field for the football scenes were shot in the back of Highland Park High School (on the baseball field for the practice, the football field for the game) a place where the director, HP native Kyle Schickner spent quite a lot of time (both playing ball and perhaps doing things he should not have been doing...).
3) We are not sure where that came from but no, there were no scenes in which Ally's Sheedy's character has a brother. Kyle really wanted to convey a sense of isolation for Laurie, and giving her family close by would have lessened the impact of both the character being alone as well as illustrating her ultimate strength. So, although Rafi Weinstein did not play Ally Sheedy's brother, it is quite possible that Mr. Weinstein can be seen in the movie, as Kyle tried to use as many HP residents as possible as extras in the film.
4) That one you got us on! It is stated that Laurie's ex husband has moved to Wachung and then we see Ally bailing him out of what is clearly the Highland Park police station ("clearly" because in the background proudly displayed behind Ally Sheedy and Alan Ritchson, it says "Highland Park Police Station"). The reason for the continuity problem is that Kyle really wanted to shoot this film in the town he grew up in. That meant 90% of the film would be shot in Highland Park. Because that location was important to the director we simply did not have the time nor the money to actually pull up stakes and move the production to Watchung for that one scene so instead the stand in house for Tom's Watchung home can be found at then end of So. Adalaide Ave. Could Kyle have shot the scene in front of the HP police station without showing the huge sign? Without a doubt, but he really wanted to give not only the town he grew up in it's proper due, but he also felt so appreciative of how helpful the HP Police Department was to the production (without their help the film would never have been made) he wanted to highlight them, which includes using their police cars and having the police in the film actually HP officers.
Hopefully the confusion did not take you out of the movie too much. We have always thought about holding a competition to see who can spot the most locations. We are pretty sure a few would never be figured out.
Thanks for the support.
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