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Because I Said So

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Because I Said So (2007)

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Reviews Counted:154

Fresh:8

Rotten:146

Average Rating:3.2/10

Consensus: Overly reliant on caricatures and lacking any human insight, Because I Said So is an unfunny, cliche-ridden mess.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for sexual content including dialogue, some mature thematic material and partial nudity

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Feb 2, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $42,640,890

Synopsis: 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... 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? --© Universal Pictures [More]

Starring: Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Piper Perabo, Tom Everett Scott

Starring: Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Piper Perabo, Tom Everett Scott, Neil Hopkins, Lauren Graham, Stephen Collins, Tony Hale, Gabriel Macht, Ty Panitz

Director: Michael Lehmann

Director: Michael Lehmann
Screenwriter: Jessie Nelson, Karen Leigh Hopkins
Producer: Paul Brooks
Studio: Universal Pictures

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Like steel pins poking through the eyes

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
08/28/09
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

The ensuing cycle of miscommunication is endless and trying.

Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Tom Meek
Tom Meek
Boston Phoenix

There are chick flicks and upchuck flicks. The movie Because I Said So is an upchuck chick flick.

Full Review Source: Fayetteville Free Weekly | comment Comment
02/02/09
Tony Macklin
Tony Macklin
Fayetteville Free Weekly

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Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
11/20/08
Brian Marder
Brian Marder
Hollywood.com

Because I Said So isn't very funny, and no amount of having Diane Keaton act all post-menopausally zany is going to create the tension that just isn't there.

Full Review Source: ReelzChannel.com | comment Comment
08/22/08
Heather Huntington
Heather Huntington
ReelzChannel.com

Matricide.

Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | comment Comment
08/01/07
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

It's a lame duck of a film.

Full Review Source: Sydney Morning Herald | comment Comment
05/04/07
George Palathingal
George Palathingal
Sydney Morning Herald

A light-weight comedy about mothers and daughters, Because I Said So is a bit like the chocolate soufflés that Mandy Moore's Milly cooks throughout. It's light and fluffy, but on occasions it does not rise to the occasion

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
04/28/07
Urban Cinefile Critics
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Urban Cinefile

each character in the film is so shallow and cold that there’s nobody for the audience to cheer on.

Full Review Source: Sean the Movie Guy | comment Comment
03/07/07
Sean McBride
Sean McBride
Sean the Movie Guy

There's more than enough material here to make an enjoyable drama about a mother and her adult daughters. But the writers and director fail on virtually every front.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
03/03/07
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

I don't think anyone actually wrote Because I Said So; I think that some Hollywood artificial intelligence think-tank instead fed DVD box sets of The Gilmore Girls and Sex and the City into a computer, along with Pottery Barn catalogs for roughage. ...

Full Review Source: Cinematical | comment Comment
03/02/07
James Rocchi
James Rocchi
Cinematical

At 61, Diane Keaton is still doing her ditzy, girlish thing, but the act is getting a little oppressive and rarely more so than in Because I Said So, an indulgent comedy.

Full Review Source: Observer [UK] | comment Comment
02/24/07
Philip French
Philip French
Observer [UK]

[A] better movie might have surfaced if everyone had taken their Ritalin and calmed down.

Full Review Source: Atlantic City Weekly | comment Comment
02/21/07
Lori Hoffman
Lori Hoffman
Atlantic City Weekly

I hated this movie. I think it’s the worst performance of Diane Keaton’s career.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment Comment
02/20/07
Richard Roeper
Richard Roeper
Ebert & Roeper
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In this unwatchable romantic comedy from director Michael Lehmann Diane Keaton plays Daphne Wilder, an inept mother of three pretty but not-believable-as-siblings daughters.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
02/19/07
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

As well as providing lifestyle porn, the many scenes set in stylish kitchens mean there is usually a cake on hand for somebody to be splattered with. That’s the level of the bland attempts at comedy.

Full Review Source: Sunday Times (UK) | comment Comment
02/19/07
Edward Porter
Edward Porter
Sunday Times (UK)

With very little rewriting and a different director in charge, Because I Said So could have been retooled as a horror thriller. ... That version probably would have been funnier, too.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
02/17/07
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

A desperate comedy whose frequently acute insights into tense, but loving mother-daughter relationships is constantly hamstrung by ill-advised forays into physical humor and too much reliance on Diane Keaton's mania.

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
02/17/07
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

I've been giving it a great deal of thought and come to the conclusion that the squandering of Diane Keaton's screen legacy is without parallel in the annals of cinema.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
02/17/07
Rick Kisonak
Rick Kisonak
Film Threat

Laughter is largely absent from this sorry, shrieking mess.

Full Review Source: Daily Telegraph | comment Comment
02/16/07
David Gritten
David Gritten
Daily Telegraph
 
 
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