Because I Said So

Name: Because I Said So
Released: 2007-2-2
Cast: Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Gabriel Macht, Tom Everett Scott, Lauren Graham

Because I Said So

PG-13
1h 41m
2007

age 14+

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Academy Award¨-winning actress Diane Keaton stars with Mandy Moore, Lauren Graham and Piper Perabo in this heartwarming comedy about mothers, daughters and cutting the apron strings. When it comes to her three, free-spirited daughters, Daphne (Keaton) is just your normal overprotective, overbearing, over-the-top mother. Worried that her youngest daughter, Millie (Moore), will end up alone, Daphne meddles in her daughter's love life until she ends up doing all the wrong things for all the right reasons... and all in the name of motherly love.

Director:

Michael Lehmann

Producer:

Paul Brooks, Jessie Nelson

Writer:

Karen Leigh Hopkins, Jessie Nelson

Cast:

Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Gabriel Macht, Tom Everett Scott, Lauren Graham, Piper Perabo, Stephen Collins, Colin Ferguson

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Critics Consensus: Overly reliant on caricatures and lacking any human insight, Because I Said So is an unfunny, cliche-ridden mess.

Reviews

Richard Crouse

Never met a cliché it didn't love or a situation too hackneyed to be inserted into the mix.

January 31, 2021

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Bowling Green Daily News

Micheal Compton

I really wanted to like Because I Said So, but ultimately I just felt pity for it.

In the end, while the mixture looks sweet, it goes down decidedly sour.

This movie manages to be offensive and yet dull and predictable, as phony as a Kate Spade sidewalk knock-off bag and as unoriginal as the ready-for VH1 soundtrack.

Because I Said So seems like it's supposed to be a paean of sorts to motherhood and the enduring love that entails, a love so strong that it inevitably drives its possessor somewhat batty. But what it is, is muddled crap.

June 22, 2017

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Common Sense Media

age 14+

Common Sense Says

Keaton and Moore can't save bland, cliched romcom.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that kids under 14 (even big Mandy Moore fans) probably won't be interested in this flat, unoriginal romantic comedy. The film's humor is based on a very tired stereotype: the aggressively interfering mother. Her interest in her youngest daughter's love life leads to silly jokes, sexual imagery (women appear in their underwear, some kissing, a brief montage shows one woman with two different partners), and innuendo (including discussion about -- and re-enactment of -- orgasms). Very mild language for PG-13 ("ass," "damn it") and some tame social drinking.

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Additional Info

Genre:Comedy
Release Date:February 2, 2007
Languages:English
Captions:English
Audio Format:
5.1
Screen Pass Eligible:Yes

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Because I Said So

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