It's a lame duck of a film.
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05/04/07
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: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... [More]
Starring: Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Piper Perabo, Tom Everett Scott
Director: Michael Lehmann
Reviews for Because I Said So
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
04/28/07
each character in the film is so shallow and cold that there’s nobody for the audience to cheer on.
03/07/07
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. ...
03/02/07
[A] better movie might have surfaced if everyone had taken their Ritalin and calmed down.
02/21/07
I hated this movie. I think it’s the worst performance of Diane Keaton’s career.
02/20/07
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.
02/19/07
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.
02/17/07
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.
02/17/07
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.
02/17/07
Just a few years ago, Keaton played a character who was sexy, funny and intelligent in Something's Gotta Give. This one's more like Something Gave Out.
02/15/07
Some of the nonsense could be overlooked as part of rom com conventions, but Because I Said So's shrillness makes for an exhausting experience.
02/12/07
...the writers and director go out of their way to make [Diane Keaton] look ridiculous, pathetic and stupid...
02/11/07
On screen or in real life, meddling moms don't get more neurotically ebullient than Diane Keaton's dessert maven in the regrettable 'Because I Said So.'
02/10/07
Everyone here is a caricature, and the gaps are papered over with hyperactive shtick. I haven't seen so many cakes dropped or smashed since I Love Lucy.
02/10/07
A movie that’s so bad, it's actually painful to sit through.
02/10/07
Lehmann manages to give his characters a little bit more personality than is the norm in such movies, but he doesn't bother to hide the contrived paces he puts them through.
02/09/07
Because I Said So's biggest sin is that it treats its characters like idiots, with Keaton's Daphne leading the charge. [She's] a woman who apparently makes her living by baking the occasional cake, most of which land on the sidewalk or in her face.
02/09/07
The plot is about as revelatory as a bad Hallmark card, and the lowest common denominator humor results in a moviegoing experience that’s almost as appealing as having a conversation with my mother about orgasms.
02/08/07
It's hard to find a more stalwart movie monster in the last ten years than Keaton, who's gone from a charming neurotic to a cobwebbed, cell-phone-wielding vagina dentata.
02/08/07
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