| Because I Said So | |
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| Directed by | Michael Lehmann |
| Produced by | Paul Brooks Jessie Nelson |
| Written by | Karen Leigh Hopkins Jessie Nelson |
| Starring | Diane Keaton Mandy Moore Gabriel Macht Tom Everett Scott Lauren Graham Colin Ferguson Piper Perabo Stephen Collins |
| Music by | David Kitay |
| Cinematography | Julio Macat |
| Editing by | Paul Seydor Troy Takaki |
| Studio | Gold Circle Films |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | February 2, 2007 |
| Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $39 million |
| Box office | $69,485,490[1] |
Because I Said So is a 2007 romantic comedy film directed by Michael Lehmann and starring Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore, Lauren Graham, Piper Perabo and Stephen Collins. It was released on February 2, 2007.
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The movie focuses on Daphne (Diane Keaton), the loving but over-bearing mother of three girls, and her daughters, in particular Milly (Mandy Moore). Her other daughters Maggie (Lauren Graham) and Mae (Piper Perabo) are happily married but Milly has recently broken up with her boyfriend, and Daphne is concerned.
Daphne fears that her daughter cannot find a good man on her own so she secretly places a personal ad for her daughter. She finds a potential candidate, Jason (Tom Everett Scott), and tries to orchestrate a chance meeting of the two. The plan seems flawless until Milly finds her own date, guitarist Johnny (Gabriel Macht), who happens to be a candidate Daphne rejected before. Milly in unaware of her mother's scheming and begins relationships with both Jason and Johnny at the same time, with neither aware of the other.
Inevitably, this double-dating takes its toll and Milly becomes estranged from both Jason and Johnny. In Jason's case, it is because she discovers Daphne's scheming. Meanwhile, Daphne stumbles upon her own perfect match after being alone for many years and begins to challenge her search for the 'perfect' match for Milly. Milly also realizes she has a choice to be the daughter her mother wants her to be, or to be the woman she wants herself to be. Choosing the latter, which comes with a row with her mother, leads her to reconcile with Johnny, a relationship Daphne has realized is what she should never have tried to orchestrate in the first place.
The film has a marketing tie-in allowing customers to buy panties with different sayings from the movie.[2]
In its first weekend of release, the film placed second in total box office receipts. For the weekend of February 2, 2007, the film earned $13,022,000. As of April 5, 2007, its domestic gross was $42,674,040.[1] According to Box Office Guru, "men showed practically zero interest in the Universal release. Studio research showed that a whopping 82% of the audience was female. 55% of the turnout was 35 or older. 83% was Caucasian."[3]
The film received negative reviews, scoring 5% on Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes' Cream of the Crop gave it a 8% rating, where it eventually earned the "Moldy Tomato Award" - awarded to the worst-reviewed film of the year.[4] [5] William Booth of the Washington Post rated it the worst movie of 2007.[6] Keaton's performance in the film earned her a Golden Raspberry Award nomination for Worst Actress.
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