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  • Because I Said So
  • Opened February 2, 2007 | Runtime:1 hr. 42 min.
  • PG-13
    for sexual content including dialogue, some mature thematic material and partial nudity
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 13+. Read More
  • Daphne Wilder (Diane Keaton) is the proud mother of three daughters: Milly (Mandy Moore), Maggie (Lauren Graham) and Mae (Piper Perabo). Her love for her offspring knows no bounds. Seeing that Milly, her youngest, always chooses the wrong man, Daphne Read More
  • Cast: Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Gabriel Macht, Tom Everett Scott, Lauren Graham
  • Director: Michael Lehmann
  • Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Because I Said So Recent Fan Reviews

  • Oh No!

    A weak, offensive overall horrible movie!!!!!!!!

    First of all, most scenes fell flat. It was a lame, weak predictable plot. Most importantly however, I have never been so offended in my life!!!! The overall implication was that a woman cannot be happy and her life cannotbe complete unless she has a man. Now I am not a hater of men or a ******* but come on!! Diane Keaton's character is on an obsessive quest to find her daughter a man. She will have failed at life if she lets her daughter continue on her own. Never once does it cross anyones mind that a woman can do fine on her own and even be happy. She doesn't even learn her lesson in the end... she gets married!!!

  • Must Go!

    fun and flirty!

    This is a great movie to see with your girlfriends or your mom! I absolutely loved it!

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    Because I said so

    by Jonf69

    Great chick flick!

Because I Said So Critic Reviews

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  • 60
    The Hollywood Reporter | Sheri Linden

    Amongst the cardboard-cutout supporting characters, Lauren Graham brings a...

  • 50
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    A mild exercise in deliberate mediocrity, with chuckles and heartwarming...

  • 40
    Variety | Dennis Harvey

    An exercise in canned cuteness, Because I Said So pushes its normally appealing...

  • 33
    Entertainment Weekly | Lisa Schwarzbaum

    This slapdash, charmless, baldly boomer-chasing romantic comedy, directed by...

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