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Because I Said So (2007)

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Movie Info


Genre

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Release Date

February 02, 2007

MPAA Rating

PG-13

Duration

102 min.

Studio

Universal Pictures

Official Site

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Critics Reviews :  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Reader's Reviews :  4 of 5 [Rate It]

Cast and Crew


Director

Michael Lehmann

Producer

Jessie Nelson, Paul Brooks

Screenwriter

Karen Leigh Hopkins, Jessie Nelson

Starring

Movie Story


Powerhouse actresses Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Lauren Graham and Piper Perabo serve up the laughs when they join wickedly funny director Michael Lehmann ("The Truth about Cats & Dogs," "40 Days and 40 Nights," "Heathers") in his new film about cutting the apron strings, "Because I Said So."

Keaton stars as Daphne Wilder, a mother whose love knows no bounds or boundaries. She is the proud mom of three daughters: stable psychologist Maggie (Graham), sexy and irreverent Mae (Perabo) and insecure, adorable Milly (Moore)-who, when it comes to men, is like psychotic flypaper.

In order to prevent her youngest from making the same mistakes she did, Daphne decides to set Milly up with the perfect man. Little does Milly know, however, that her mom placed an ad in the online personals to find him. Comic mayhem unfolds as Daphne continues to do the wrong thing for the right reasons...all in the name of love.

In a hilarious battle of strong wills, the mother-daughter dynamic is tested in all its fierce, wacky complexity. The girls help Daphne finally discover the truths and impossibilities of motherly love, all while trying to answer the questions: where does it begin and where should it end?

Joining Lehmann behind the scenes on "Because I Said So" are scribes Karen Leigh Hopkins ("Stepmom") and Jessie Nelson ("I Am Sam"). Paul Brooks ("My Big Fat Greek Wedding") produces the film with Nelson.

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I have to say the movie is good...

posted by judelikeyah on Apr 17, 2007
 
 

MOVIE REVIEWS BY CRITICS

“..a pleasant reminder that not all February movies are unbearable..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
“.."Because I Said So" exasperates because even its best intentions are phony..”
by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
“..As banal as its ABC Afterschool Special-style title suggests..”
by Tim Knight [Reel]