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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: 12A [See Full Rating] for sexual content including dialogue, some mature thematic material and partial nudity

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:16-02-2007

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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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

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]

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)

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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Treats women like idiots and men like inflatable sex toys.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
02/16/07
Nick Curtis
Nick Curtis
This is London

At one point Daphne warns Milly, "You're going to end up like some pathetic character in a Tennessee Williams play." If ever a film could have used a character from a Tennessee Williams play, it's this one.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment Comment
02/16/07
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Independent

There's a special circle of hell reserved for whoever thought up the moment where Macht tells Moore she smells like "cake batter".

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
02/16/07
Andrew Pulver
Andrew Pulver
Guardian [UK]
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If there’s a worse screenplay in 2007 than this offering from Karen Leigh Hopkins and Jessie Nelson, it’ll be written in crayon.

Full Review Source: Sun Online | comment Comment
02/16/07
Johnny Vaughan
Johnny Vaughan
Sun Online

A bit like the 'Friends' episode in which Phoebe has to choose between two men, only with Diane Keaton, and fewer laughs.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
02/16/07
Anna Smith
Anna Smith
Channel 4 Film
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A shocking embarrassment for all concerned, this is a badly written, badly acted and poorly directed mess from start to finish.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
02/15/07
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

It scores occasionally, mainly thanks to Keaton’s performance, but heavy-handed dollops of schmaltz mean that it remains in the aforementioned mediocre territory.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/14/07
Anna Smith
Anna Smith
Time Out
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If you’re a mother or a daughter some of it may resonate, but how apt that this painful, toothless farce was originally dreamt up at the dentist...

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
02/14/07
Total Film

A bog standard all-girls-together comedy with a decent cast and less impressive characters.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
02/14/07
Anna Smith
Anna Smith
Empire Magazine
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Towards the end, the spectacle of Milly faking an orgasm for her mother's edification is, frankly, enough to kill anyone's hopes of romance.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
02/13/07
Stella Papamichael
Stella Papamichael
BBC
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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)
 
 
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