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Because I Said So




Because I Said So is a tired retread of so many so called romantic comedies that is made tolerable because of Diane Keaton's presence in the starring role.

Keaton plays Daphne Wilder, an effervescent single mom of three, approaching her 60th birthday, who places an ad on the internet to find a prospective mate for her youngest daughter Milly (Mandy Moore). She finds one guy (Tom Everett Scott) who she thinks is perfect but there's another guy (Gabriel Macht) who thinks he's perfect and Milly ends up dating both of them, to her mothers dismay. Nothing terribly exciting here, but Keaton somehow magically elevates this film to a point where you start to believe it is something special. Something about Mandy Moore has always bothered me and this film has not changed my opinion of her. Macht, who last made an impression in A Love Song for Bobby Long, is charming but is fighting the script every step of the way. With a more interesting screenplay, this could have been a minor classic, but as is, the undeniable screen charisma of Diane Keaton does make it worth checking out.