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Because I Said So

Year:

2007

Duration:

USA:102 min

Genres:

Comedy | Romance

IMDB rate:

5.6

Director:

Michael Lehmann

Awards:

1 nomination

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2007-02-02

Filming Locations: Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $13,122,865 (USA) (4 February 2007)

Gross: $42,674,040 (USA) (5 April 2007)

Cast

Actor

Character

Zachary Gordon

Because I Said So

Diane Keaton

Daphne Wilder

Mandy Moore

Milly Wilder

Gabriel Macht

Johnny

Tom Everett Scott

Jason

Lauren Graham

Maggie

Piper Perabo

Mae

Stephen Collins

Joe

Ty Panitz

Lionel

Matt Champagne

Eli

Colin Ferguson

Derek

Tony Hale

Stuart

Sophina Brown

Milly's Staff #1

Karen Leigh Hopkins

Milly's Staff #2

Emily Maisano

Milly's Staff #3

Gerald Downey

Cousin Dougy's Friend

Ingrid Sanai Buron

Singing Bride

Jennifer Bolton Lee

Daphne's Masseuse

Alexis Rhee

Maggie's Masseuse

Shu Lan Tuan

Milly's Masseuse

Steve Little

Bad Teeth Guy

John Ross Bowie

Cute Food Spewing Guy

Parvesh Cheena

Foreign Guy

Doug Budin

Sneezer

Willam Belli

Transsexual

Carlo Manchini

Arnold

Mary Pat Gleason

Iris

Judi Barton

Jason's Mother

Rudolph Willrich

Jason's Father

David Purdham

Uncle Philip

P.J. Byrne

Photographer

Edith Jefferson

Female Senior

Holly Westen

Catering Staff

Nate Petre

Bleached Teeth Guy

Allison Caetano

Roller Blader

Chris Monberg

Roller Blader

Joey Genitempo

Potential Date

Curt Clendenin

Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)

Garett Maggart

Contractor

Choice Patton

Cupcake Kid

Michael Q. Schmidt

Chubby Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Opender Singh

Suitor

Courtenay Taylor

Computer Girl

Did you know?

Trivia

The actual cakes used in the movie are made by the Cake Divas - they have created one-of-a-kind cakes for numerous movies & television shows; "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Charmed", "Arrested Development", "Judging Amy", "ER" "NYPD Blue", "The Division", "The Drew Carey Show", "JAG," "MTV Video Awards", "Comedy Video Awards" and many more.

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Stephen Collins also played Diane Keaton's husband in The First Wives Club (1996).

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The names of the daughters, Maggie (Lauren Graham), Milly (Mandy Moore), and Mae (Piper Perabo), come from an e.e. cummings poem that starts "Maggie and Milly and Molly and May went to the beach to play one day." A student in Johnny's guitar class is named Molly.

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Goofs

When Milly is leaving guitar class after being rejected by Johnny, she is no longer carrying her guitar.

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When Daphne is done interviewing Jason, she puts out two cards, one of which Jason takes. When Johnny comes by and plans to take a card, there are two cards on the table when there should be one left.

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When the women are getting ready for their massages Maggie ties her hair on top of her head without an obvious parting but as Milly leaves the room her hair is lower down and parted properly.

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Quotes

Lionel: You have a vagina!

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Milly: [on the phone with her mother and sisters talking about the guy she's with] Only... I think he might have a hot-dog with a bun.

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Maggie: Listen! You're right! I didn't handle this well. And I understand you feel betrayed! But, really, isn't some of this anger a little misplaced?

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