Because I Said So (film)
| Because I Said So | |
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| File:Because i said so.jpg Official movie poster. | |
| Directed by | Michael Lehmann |
| Written by | Karen Leigh Hopkins Jessie Nelson |
| Produced by | Paul Brooks Jessie Nelson |
| Starring | Diane Keaton Mandy Moore Gabriel Macht Tom Everett Scott Lauren Graham Colin Ferguson Piper Perabo Stephen Collins |
| Cinematography | Julio Macat |
| Edited by | Paul Seydor Troy Takaki |
| Music by | David Kitay |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date | February 2, 2007 |
Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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. This film is rated PG-13 for sexual content including dialog, some mature thematic material and partial nudity. It was released on February 2, 2007.
Plot
The movie focuses on Daphne (Diane Keaton), the loving but over-bearing mother of three girls. Her daughters Maggie (Lauren Graham) and Mae (Piper Perabo) are happily married but Milly (Mandy Moore) 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. Over the course of her scheming and planning to find the perfect match, Daphne stumbles upon her own perfect match after being alone for many years.
Cast
- Diane Keaton as Daphne Wilder
- Mandy Moore as Milly Wilder
- Gabriel Macht as Johnny Dresden
- Tom Everett Scott as Jason Grant
- Stephen Collins as Joe Dresden, Johnny's Father
- Ty Panitz as Lionel Dresden, Johnny's Son
- Lauren Graham as Maggie Wilder-Decker
- Colin Ferguson as Derek Decker, Maggie's Husband
- Piper Perabo as Mae Wilder
- Matt Champagne as Eli, Mae's husband
- Zachary Gordon as Little Arthur (uncredited)
Marketing
The film has a marketing tie-in allowing customers to buy panties with different sayings from the movie.[1]
Reception
Box office
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.[2] 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] Opening during Super Bowl weekend may have contributed to the lack of male interest.[citation needed]
Critical reception
The film received overwhelmingly negative reviews, scoring 5% on RottenTomatoes.com (the "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]
References
- ^ "Because I Said So". Custom Panties. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
- ^ "Because I Said So (2007)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
- ^ "Weekend Box Office (February 2-4, 2007)". Box Office Guru. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
- ^ "Because I Said So (2007)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
- ^ "9th Annual Golden Tomato Awards". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
- ^ Booth, William (2007-12-29). "Rated PU, Unfit for Any Audience". Washington Post. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
Diane Keaton will always be beloved for "Annie Hall"... [but] her mom-rom-com "Because I Said So" is the worst movie of the year.
External links
- Official Site
- Because I Said So at IMDb
- ‹The template AllMovie title is being considered for deletion.› Because I Said So at AllMovie
- Because I Said So at Rotten Tomatoes