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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.
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... [More]
Starring: Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Piper Perabo, Tom Everett Scott
Director: Michael Lehmann
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Reviews for Because I Said So
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Like steel pins poking through the eyes Full Review |
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1/4 |
The ensuing cycle of miscommunication is endless and trying. Full Review |
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1.0/5 |
There are chick flicks and upchuck flicks. The movie Because I Said So is an upchuck chick flick. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Click to read the article Full Review |
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5/10 |
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 |
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C |
Matricide. Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
It's a lame duck of a film. Full Review |
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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 |
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2/4 |
each character in the film is so shallow and cold that there’s nobody for the audience to cheer on. Full Review |
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1.5/5 |
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 |
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1/4 |
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 |
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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 |
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2/4 |
[A] better movie might have surfaced if everyone had taken their Ritalin and calmed down. Full Review |
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I hated this movie. I think it’s the worst performance of Diane Keaton’s career. Full Review |
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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 |
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1/5 |
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 |
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2/4 |
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 |
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2/5 |
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 |
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1/5 |
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 |
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Laughter is largely absent from this sorry, shrieking mess. Full Review |
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