Synopsis
In an effort to prevent family history from repeating itself, meddlesome mom Daphne Wilder attempts to set up her youngest daughter, Milly, with Mr. Right. Meanwhile, her other daughters try to keep their mom's good intentions under control.
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Cast
- Diane KeatonDaphne
- Mandy MooreMilly
- Gabriel MachtJohnny
- Tom Everett ScottJason
- Lauren GrahamMaggie
- Piper PeraboMae
- Stephen CollinsJoe
- Ty PanitzLionel
- Matt ChampagneEli
- Colin FergusonDerek
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ReelViews
Despite being rooted firmly in "chick flick" territory (with a high "cuteness" index), it has the capacity to please to viewers of both genders who appreciate the genre. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
Amongst the cardboard-cutout supporting characters, Lauren Graham brings a welcome deadpan sensibility to the overeager proceedings. - 50
The A.V. Club
Any relationship between the world of Because I Said So and actual human behavior is purely coincidental. - 50
New York Daily News
Keaton is so over-the-top, so loud and so physically animated that when Daphne develops a case of laryngitis mid-way through the movie, it's as if a neighbor's car alarm has finally been shut down. However, in those silent moments, when Daphne is communicating with notes, you realize how much you like this actress. - 40
Village Voice
Like nearly all of Lehmann's post- "Heathers" work, it's lazy and disinterested--a hack-for-hire job any number of film-school grads could have put through its uninspired paces. - 38
Chicago Tribune
Formulaic romantic junk. - 33
Entertainment Weekly
This slapdash, charmless, baldly boomer-chasing romantic comedy, directed by Michael Lehmann (Heathers) from a clunky, orgasm-obsessed script by Karen Leigh Hopkins and Jessie Nelson, is the lazy studio's answer to a call for more age-appropriate entertainment for "More" magazine readers. - 30
Austin Chronicle
With a lazy, cliché, rabid plot and paper-thin character development, Because I Said So might as well have been directed by a trained chimpanzee.