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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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Keaton gives a manic, slapstick performance that alternates between being merely bad and being embarrassingly bad. Her work has an unbearable finger-across-the-blackboard effect.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
01/31/07
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

The screenplay for Because I Said So may be short on invention but it is large on heart.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/31/07
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

If you're attracted to the classic fairy tale of the young maiden torn between the prince & the pauper and you don't mind a racy modern update to it, you'll have a blast.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Report Card | comment Comment
01/31/07
Ross Anthony
Ross Anthony
Hollywood Report Card

...appears to have been made from the parts of other films...

Full Review Source: Nolan's Pop Culture Review | comment Comment
01/31/07
Michael A. Smith
Michael A. Smith
Nolan's Pop Culture Review

Everything about Because I Said So screams out generic chick flick -- and we do mean scream, literally -- from the forgettable title to the excruciatingly corny ending.

Full Review Source: Associated Press | comment Comment
01/31/07
Christy Lemire
Christy Lemire
Associated Press

Relentlessly exhaustive, simple-minded, unoriginal and inconsequential Because I Said So seems very disconnected in its bid for cockeyed conviction.

Full Review Source: Movie Eye | comment Comment
01/31/07
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
Movie Eye

The premise . . . isn't particularly innovative. It is, however, stretched paper thin with characters whose only allegiance to consistency is getting through the uniformly unfunny joke at hand

Full Review Source: Killer Movie Reviews | comment Comment
01/31/07
Andrea Chase
Andrea Chase
Killer Movie Reviews

The entire project seems like a diabolical conspiracy to destroy one of the few icons we’ve got left, but luckily that’s where it fails most of all.

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
01/31/07
Rex Reed
Rex Reed
New York Observer

An unbelievable mess.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
01/31/07
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly

It's appropriate that much of Because I Said So is set in a bakery, because even in a sea of awful chick flicks, this appalling confection takes the cake.

Full Review Source: One Guy's Opinion | comment 2 Comments
01/31/07
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

Welcome to the rom-com in the age of Must Love Dogs.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
01/30/07
Ed Gonzalez
Ed Gonzalez
Slant Magazine

Stay home. Because I said so.

Full Review Source: FilmsInReview.com | comment Comment
01/30/07
Victoria Alexander
Victoria Alexander
FilmsInReview.com

Innocuous, self-centered and disconnected from any parcel of meaningful human experience.

Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal | comment Comment
01/25/07
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

It's almost hard to believe that this bland, fluffy, two-generational chick flick is helmed by the same director who 20 years ago gave us Heathers, one of the brightest and sharpest femme-driven high-school satires.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment 1 Comment
01/14/07
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
 
 
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