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Because I Said So
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Overview

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Director:
Michael Lehmann
Writers (WGA):
Karen Leigh Hopkins (written by) &
Jessie Nelson (written by)
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Release Date:
2 February 2007 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
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. full summary | full synopsis
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1 nomination more
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User Comments:
The chickiest flick I have ever seen in my life more (163 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sexual content including dialogue, some mature thematic material and partial nudity.
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Runtime:
USA:102 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Mandarin
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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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 more
Company:
Gold Circle Films more

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The actual cakes used in the movie are made by the Cake Divas - they have created one-of-a-kind cakes for numerous movies & television shows; "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Charmed", "Arrested Development", "Judging Amy", "ER" "NYPD Blue", "The Division", "The Drew Carey Show", "JAG," "MTV Video Awards", "Comedy Video Awards" and many more. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Milly is going to talk to a guy at Mae's wedding. She walks off tying her hair up (that's when you notice her dress is undone) but when shes standing with the guy her hair is back down. more
Quotes:
[from trailer]
Daphne Wilder: God couldn't be everywhere so that is why he invented mothers.
Maggie: What? That was on a Hallmark card we gave you
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Movie Connections:
References Annie Hall (1977) more
Soundtrack:
Yes, My Darling Daughter more

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37 out of 47 people found the following comment useful.
The chickiest flick I have ever seen in my life, 19 January 2008
1/10
Author: Kristine (kristinedrama14@msn.com) from Chicago, Illinois

Oh, my God, I swear I nearly killed myself while my friend and I were watching this movie. I'm not a chick flick girl and this movie is the reason why. Now I actually do love a few chick flicks that are fun, clever, and just harmless. This movie is extremely harmful to anyone who watches it, after watching this movie I felt like shoe shopping, listening to Sarah McLaughlin, bonding with my mother, moving my furniture, talking about boys, and baking cookies. This is the ultimate stereotype for women and makes us just look oh so bad. But it looked cute from the cover and I like Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore, so I wanted to give this movie a chance, but instead it just wasted my time and made me throw up a little in my mouth. I know that sounds bad since I'm a girl, but how in the heck was I supposed to like these characters? They were awful.

Daphne is a protective, manipulative, and pesky little mother who just loves her daughters more than most mothers should. She's especially obsessed with her baby daughter, Milly, who is having a hard time in the love department. Daphne takes out an ad on the internet as a mom looking for her daughter's life partner. She meets Jason, a promising guy who is stable, and a guy, Johnny, a musician with a psychotic son that she's convinced is a heart breaker. Milly meets them both looking "like chance" and she has to decide between stable, rich Jason or sensitive, loving Johnny. You can figure it out from here.

Seriously, these characters were horrible, just first off Daphne just comes off as a possessive and psychotic mom who needs a life so badly, because she's living it through her daughter's. Then Milly, she's dating and sleeping with these two guys at once and then when she gets busted, she's crying and we're supposed to feel bad for her? Why wasn't she just honest with the guys in the first place? The ending was horribly cliché'd as a chick flick film and was incredibly disturbing in some moments. This is an awful movie, I wouldn't recommend it unless you are the ultimate chick flick fan.

1/10

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