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Because I Said So

Country: USA, Language: English, 102 mins

  • Director: Michael Lehmann
  • Writer: Karen Leigh Hopkins; Jessie Nelson
  • Producer: Paul Brooks; Michael Flynn

CGiii Comment

Everything about this seems to be wrong.

Keaton is out-of-control amid a weak script which has been liberally littered with stereotypes and scorching cliches.

The direction has ripped been out of an uninspiring textbook - placing it on the wrong side of mediocre.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Daphne Wilder is a mother whose love knows no bounds or boundaries. She is the proud mom of three daughters: stable psychologist Maggie, sexy and irreverent Mae and insecure, adorable Milly - 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 on-line 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 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?

Cast & Characters

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