Because I Said So (2007)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Michael Lehmann

Writers (WGA):

Karen Leigh Hopkins (written by) &
Jessie Nelson (written by)

Release Date:

2 February 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

She's just your normal, overprotective, overbearing, over-the-top mother.

Plot:

A meddling mother tries to set her daughter up with the right man so her kid won't follow in her footsteps.

Plot Keywords:

Psychologist | Farce | Sister Sister Relationship | Personal Ad | Love Triangle

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Diane Keaton	...	Daphne Wilder
Mandy Moore	...	Milly Wilder
Gabriel Macht	...	Johnny
Tom Everett Scott	...	Jason
Lauren Graham	...	Maggie
Piper Perabo	...	Mae
Stephen Collins	...	Joe
Ty Panitz	...	Lionel
Matt Champagne	...	Eli
Colin Ferguson	...	Derek
Tony Hale	...	Stuart
Sophina Brown	...	Milly's Staff #1 / Matisse
Karen Leigh Hopkins	...	Milly's Staff #2 / Charlie
Emily Maisano	...	Milly's Staff #3
Gerald Downey	...	Cousin Dougy's Friend

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content including dialogue, some mature thematic material and partial nudity.

Runtime:

USA:102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Ireland:15A | Finland:K-7 | Australia:M | Hong Kong:IIA | Singapore:NC-16 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Netherlands:6 | Portugal:M/12 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Argentina:13 | Germany:o.Al. | South Korea:15 | Malaysia:U (cut) | Taiwan:PG-12

Filming Locations:

Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Gold Circle Films

Trivia:

The names of the daughters, Maggie (Lauren Graham), Milly (Mandy Moore), and Mae (Piper Perabo), come from an e.e. cummings poem that starts "Maggie and Milly and Molly and May went to the beach to play one day."

Goofs:

Continuity: When Daphne's daughters bring out her birthday cake, the candles on the lower half of the cake are not lit. When they set it on the table all the candles are lit.

Quotes:

Mae: You're not a helicopter, mom. Quit hovering.

Movie Connections:

References "The Dating Game" (1965)

Soundtrack:

Black Horse and a Cherry Tree

Horror not Comedy!

Waw! I have not seen such a bad film in a really long time...more like never actually. this is truly appalling. Lets start with the Small tragedy, the actors. Dian Keaton, normally an amazing actress somehow managed to do a really bad job with this one. Her acting was way over the top and more like hysterical really. It was like she was lending her voice to an animated film! Mandy Moore was actually better than her if u can believe it. But still quite bad. And as for the rest of the cast well there were none! we can say they were put there so that Dian Keaton and Mandy Moore can create dialog with someone other than themselves.

Now for the major tragedy, the script. A horror story put together to make the audience quiver with every uttered line! and the lines just keep getting worse and worse until we reach the climactic scene where we cave in and can no longer hold the vomit! Horrible predictable and very illogical plot. Corny is an understatement for the lines of this dialog. No depth or substance to characters. It's such a disappointment.