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Because I Said So, 2007

Because I Said So

English, Mandarin

USA

Rating:5.2
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Profile of Because I Said So

Because I Said So can be described as sentimental, feel good, and touching. The plot revolves around looking for love, a love triangle, and falling in love. Its comic aspect comes from verbal byplay. Because I Said So's main genres are comedy and romance. In approach, it is realistic. It is located in Los Angeles. Because I Said So takes place in contemporary times. It is well suited for a girls' night. Note that it involves brief nudity and profanity.

Summary of Because I Said So

Diane Keaton lights up the screen as an overbearing, matchmaking single mother in this slightly offbeat romantic comedy from director Michael Lehmann (HEATHERS, THE TRUTH ABOUT CATS AND DOGS). The film is a lot of fun, with both Keaton and Mandy Moore delivering energetic performances as a loveable and pretty believable mother-daughter team. After seeing two of her three stunning daughters (Piper Perabo, Lauren Graham) happily marry, Daphne Wilder (Keaton) focuses all her worries on Milly (Moore), her youngest, most insecure, and unlucky-in-love offspring. Twentysomething Milly has got her career as a chef figured out, but is clueless when it comes to love, attracting a never-ending slew of married, cheating, and closeted men. Taking matters into her own hands, Daphne places a personal ad for her daughter, interviewing the suitors herself and settling on one particularly promising young man named Jason. Meanwhile, clueless to her mother's plans, Milly starts to fall for Johnny, a cute musician who in spite of treating Milly like gold, is hardly what Daphne has in mind for her daughter's future. As Milly becomes increasingly involved with both men, Daphne must face whether maybe she could still have her own romantic life at age 60, instead of just living vicariously through her grown daughters.

Unabashedly a chick flick, BECAUSE I SAID SO's intended audience is clearly female, but that's not to say it's all soft. The movie's girl talk includes frank discussions about sex and orgasms, demonstrating the unusually close relationships between the film's women and distinguishing the film from others in its genre. While following a vague romantic-comedy arc, the film also explores the bonds between women, focusing more on the mother-daughter relationship at the heart of the film than on any of the male love interests.

Details

Language: English, Mandarin
Country: USA
Release date: 2 February 2007
Runtime: 102 min

Cast and Crew

Diane Keaton as Daphne Wilder in Because I Said So
Diane Keaton

as Daphne Wilder

Mandy Moore as Milly Wilder in Because I Said So
Mandy Moore

as Milly Wilder

Lauren Graham as Maggie in Because I Said So
Lauren Graham

as Maggie

Stephen Collins as Joe in Because I Said So
Stephen Collins

as Joe

Photos

Because I Said So (2007)
Because I Said So (2007)

Clips

Because I Said So
Because I Said So: Official Trailer
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Because I Said So: Gabriel Macht On One of the Themes of the Film
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Because I Said So: Diane Keaton On a Mother's Intense Love
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Because I Said So: Mandy Moore On Working with Diane Keaton

Critics Reviews

The New York Times
A mild exercise in deliberate mediocrity, with chuckles and heartwarming moments distributed as carefully as nuts in a factory-made brownie. The movie's lack of ambition is hardly surprising, but both Ms. Moore and Ms. Keaton, who can wring...
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  • by: A.O. Scott
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Any relationship between the world of Because I Said So and actual human behavior is purely coincidental.
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  • by: Scott Tobias

Users Reviews

I'd give it 2 1/2 stars because I didn't not like it but I can't go as far as to say that I liked it. Diane Keaton's character is definitely very annoying, but Mandy Moore's character is very endearing and sweet. To be honest, I rented it because I...
  • 19.March.2009
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  • by: Tygger2512
  • Tygger2512 rated this movie4/10Disappointing
Nice. very nice
american kitsch at its best, another romantic comdey with too many girls in it. but I have do admit it's amuzing and cute. give it a shot.
  • 29.October.2008
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  • by: Anita.Hoffman
  • Anita.Hoffman rated this movie0/10
Likely to see
Not for me

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