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| director = [[Michael Lehmann]]
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* [[Jessie Nelson (filmmaker)|Jessie Nelson]]▼
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* Karen Leigh Hopkins
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* [[Piper Perabo]]
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| music = [[David Kitay]]▼
| cinematography = [[Julio Macat]]
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▲| music = [[David Kitay]]
| studio = [[Gold Circle Films]]
| distributor = [[Universal Pictures]]
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| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $39 million<ref name="numbers">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Because-I-Said-So|title=Because I Said So (2007) - Financial Information|accessdate=7 May 2018|work=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]]}}</ref>
| gross = $69.5 million<ref name="BoxOfficeMojo" />
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'''''Because I Said So''''' is a 2007 American [[romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Michael Lehmann]] and starring [[Diane Keaton]], [[Mandy Moore]], [[Lauren Graham]], [[Piper Perabo]], [[Gabriel Macht]], [[Tom Everett Scott]] and [[Stephen Collins]]. It was released theatrically on February 2, 2007.
 
==Plot==
The movie focuses on Daphne ([[Diane Keaton]]),is the loving, but over-bearingoverbearing mother of three women, in particular Milly ([[Mandy Moore]]). Her other daughters Maggie ([[Lauren Graham]]) and Mae ([[Piper Perabo]]) are happily married, but Millyher hasyoungest, Milly, recently brokenbroke 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 foron her daughterbehalf. 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 rejectedhad beforepreviously rejected. Milly is 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 ato choicechoose tobetween bebeing the daughter her mother wants her to be, orand to bebeing the woman she wants herself to be. Choosing the latter, whichleads comes withto a row with her mother, leadsbut herwhen toMilly reconcilereconciles with Johnny, aDaphne relationshipcomes Daphneto hasrealize realizedthat shethis shouldis havethe triedrelationship that was meant to orchestratebe in the first place.
 
==Cast==
<!--- Cast and order per opening tombstone credits, roles per closing credits scroll --->
* [[Diane Keaton]] as Daphne Wilder
{{Cast listing|
* [[Mandy Moore]] as Milly Wilder
* [[GabrielDiane MachtKeaton]] as Johnny DresdenDaphne
* [[TomMandy Everett ScottMoore]] as Jason GrantMilly
* [[StephenGabriel CollinsMacht]] as Joe Dresden, Johnny's father.
* [[Tom Everett Scott]] as Jason
* [[Ty Panitz]] as Lionel Dresden, Johnny's son.
* [[Lauren Graham]] as Maggie Wilder-Decker
* [[Piper Perabo]] as Mae
* [[Colin Ferguson (actor)|Colin Ferguson]] as Derek Decker, Maggie's husband.
* [[PiperStephen PeraboCollins]] as Mae WilderJoe
* [[Colin Ferguson]] as Derek
* Matt Champagne as Eli, Mae's husband.
}}
* [[Zachary Gordon]] as Little Arthur {{small|(Uncredited)}}
 
==Marketing==
The film hashad a marketing tie-in allowing customers to buy panties with different sayings from the movie.<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.custom-panties.com/productDetail.jsp?productid=customBISS
| title=Because I Said So
| publisherwebsite=Custom-Panties.com
| accessdate=February 14, 2008
| archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080213153213/http://custom-panties.com/productDetail.jsp?productid=customBISS
| archivedatearchive-date=February 13, 2008
| url-status=dead
}}</ref>
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| url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=becauseisaidso.htm
| title=Because I Said So (2007)
| websitework=[[Box Office Mojo]]
| accessdate=February 14, 2008
}}</ref> According to ''Box Office Guru'', "men showed practically zero interest in the Universal release. Studio research showed that 82% of the audience was female. 55% of the turnout was 35 or older. 83% was Caucasian."<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.boxofficeguru.com/020507.htm
| title=Weekend Box Office (February 2-4, 2007)
| publisherwebsite=Box Office Guru
| accessdate=February 14, 2008
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080203185050/http://www.boxofficeguru.com/020507.htm| archive-date= February 3, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
 
===Critical reception===
{{Rotten Tomatoes data|prose|consensus=Overly reliant on caricatures and lacking any human insight, ''Because I Said So'' is an unfunny, cliche-ridden mess.|ref=yes}} {{Metacritic film prose|score=26|count=30|ref=yes|access-date=May 30, 2022}} Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Rich |first1=Joshua |title=''Norbit'' should be a heavy-hitter this weekend |url=https://ew.com/article/2007/02/09/norbit-should-be-heavy-hitter-this-weekend/ |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=May 30, 2022 |date=February 9, 2007}}</ref> William Booth of ''The Washington Post'' rated it the worst movie of 2007.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/28/AR2007122802816.html |title=Rated PU, Unfit for Any Audience |last=Booth |first=William |newspaper=Washington Post |date=December 29, 2007 |accessdate=February 14, 2008 |quote=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.}}</ref>
On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the current critical consensus is overwhelmingly negative, at 4% positive reviews based on 157 reviews. It eventually earned the "Moldy Tomato Award" - awarded to the worst-reviewed film of the year. The site's consensus states: "Over-reliant on caricatures and lacking any human insight, ''Because I Said So'' is a cliche-ridden unfunny mess."<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/because_i_said_so
| title=Because I Said So Movie Reviews
| website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]
| accessdate=February 14, 2008
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/features/rtawards/?category=moldy&rank=1
| title=9th Annual Golden Tomato Awards
| website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]
| accessdate=February 14, 2008
| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080213085429/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/features/rtawards/?category=moldy&rank=1| archive-date= February 13, 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>
On [[Metacritic]] the film has a score of 26 out of 100 based on reviews from 30 critics.<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web | title= Because I Said So | url= https://www.metacritic.com/movie/because-i-said-so |website=[[Metacritic]] }}</ref>
William Booth of the ''Washington Post'' rated it the worst movie of 2007.<ref>{{cite news
| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/28/AR2007122802816.html
| title=Rated PU, Unfit for Any Audience
| last=Booth
| first=William
| work=Washington Post
| date=December 29, 2007
| accessdate=February 14, 2008
| quote=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.
}}</ref>
 
Diane Keaton's performance in the film earned her a [[Golden Raspberry Award]] nomination for Worst Actress, where she lost to [[Lindsay Lohan]] for ''[[I Know Who Killed Me]]''.
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.becauseisaidsomovie.com}}
* {{IMDb title|0490084|Because I Said So}}
* {{AmgMojo movietitle|338959becauseisaidso|Because I Said So}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|because_i_said_so|Because I Said So}}
 
{{Michael Lehmann}}
 
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