The film was selected as the Singaporean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
In January 2016, the film was initially flagged by Malaysian censors before it was due to screen at the Titian Budaya Festival. A successful appeal was made by organizers, CultureLink, against the cuts for the vulgar phrase in Cantonese, "curse your whole family", in Jack Neo's segment of the omnibus.
The father and mother in 'GPS: Grandma Positioning System', played by Geping Zheng and Huifang Hong respectively, are husband and wife in real life.