Because I Said So Page #4

Synopsis: Daphne Wilder is a mother whose love knows no bounds or boundaries. She is the proud mom of three daughters: stable psychologist Maggie, sexy and irreverent Mae and insecure, adorable Milly - who, when it comes to men, is like psychotic flypaper. In order to prevent her youngest from making the same mistakes she did, Daphne decides to set Milly up with the perfect man. Little does Milly know, however, that her mom placed an ad in the on-line personals to find him. Comic mayhem unfolds as Daphne continues to do the wrong thing for the right reasons...all in the name of love. In a battle of strong wills, the mother-daughter dynamic is tested in all its fierce, wacky complexity. The girls help Daphne finally discover the truths and impossibilities of motherly love, all while trying to answer the questions: where does it begin and where should it end?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Director(s): Michael Lehmann
Production: Universal Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.6
Metacritic:
26
Rotten Tomatoes:
4%
PG-13
Year:
2007
102 min
$42,640,890
Website
1,272 Views


on you and everything about it.

I'm just sort of wondering, if maybe

you ought to button those buttons.

No, no, I like it like this.

Milly, you look like

you're asking for it.

I am asking for it.

Okay, all right, I'll pretend

I didn't hear that.

All right, what are you

going to do with your hair?

I already did it.

Oh, of course you did.

Sure you did.

And you're making cookies too?

That's about the sweetest touch.

No, actually, I just want the house to

smell like cookies when he gets over here.

Mom, it's 6:
49, look. And he's

supposed to be here at 7:00.

You have to go, please, please,

please. Okay. I can take a hint.

It's not a hint. Mom, go.

All right.

Oh, he's here. He's here.

Okay, you gotta go.

All right.

You gotta go please, Mom, Mom.

All right.

But wait, sweetie. Just

have a good time. Okay.

Feel free to be yourself, but

remember... I love you, but you gotta go.

...don't be too, you know, forthcoming

with all your failed relationships.

Okay, I got it.

And sweetie, sweetie.

I love you.

Keep that mystery alive. I love

you. I love you for some reason.

Okay.

I'm going to pull my hair out.

What? What, what?

I know, I know.

Just one more little thing.

I don't know, Mom, I gotta go.

He's here. I want you to wear this.

Oh, my God. Grandma's diamond? Yeah.

Put it on me, put it on me.

I want to wear it tonight.

All right.

Okay.

I know. I know, he's coming.

Don't worry. Here we go.

Okay.

Mom, you never let any of us

wear this. It's so special.

So special.

Thank you.

What?

May it bring you luck with the architect.

Your sisters and I will expect a full report.

Okay?

Okay.

I'll give it to you tomorrow

night after I go out with him.

Tomorrow night?

Yeah, yeah.

I'm going out with

another great guy tonight.

He's taking me to Luna Station

to hear some music.

You are?

Can you believe that, Mom?

It's like I gave up,

I stopped trying

and the universe brought me

two amazing guys.

Great, right? Wow.

Whoa, that's so great.

It's one of those

amazing things, huh?

All right, sweetie. Well now, bye. Bye-bye.

Go, go.

Go, Mother, go.

Hi.

It was either this or roses.

Thank you.

Come on in.

Cookies?

Yeah.

Nice.

Really seem to have such a different

approach and attitude towards life

that people don't really

get here as much, I think.

Okay, don't worry. We're gonna

get a quick look at who he is

and then we're gonna go home

and finish watching Gary

Cooper in Love in the Afternoon.

Come on, man.

Okay. Yes. Yeah.

Okay. Go, go, baby.

Okay, okay.

Come on.

Coop, Coop, everything's okay,

sweetie. Where the heck am I?

God. Okay. Oh, jeez.

Okay. Let me just...

Okay, I'll turn this. Okay.

Welcome,

what is your destination?

Luna Station.

Your address is...

Is, okay, what?

...1242 Amherst Boulevard.

12...

So where is Amherst?

Continue north 2.4 miles

and then east.

Well, where is north?

The left?

Continue north

2.4 miles then east.

Give me a left.

Give me a right. Left. Right.

Something like...

Please. For God's sake.

You know what you are?

Continue north 2.4 miles...

I'll tell you what you are.

... and then east.

You are redundant.

Continue north 2.4 miles and then

east. And it's a horrible quality.

You awful machine.

Continue, continue...

And that's for you.

I'm sorry, command too loud.

Are you guys ready to rock?

Yeah.

All right.

Let's play something

for Milly over there.

A little blues in E, okay?

One, two, three, four.

Now we're coming up on the A.

Molly, that sounds terrific.

I feel really bad.

No, no, I would have done the same thing

if one of my staff had called in sick.

It's only gonna be

20 more minutes.

It's just that they memorized

an E progression

and that is a major feat

for them.

Okay.

Yeah, I'll be right back.

Go, Nicky.

Yeah.

A little bit harder

over there.

Strum a little bit closer,

up here.

That sounds really nice.

Really?

Well, thank you, teacher.

Actually, I love to sing.

My whole family loves to sing.

And when I was younger, I always

wanted to take piano lessons,

but my mom was struggling

so much supporting us all

that I just felt

way too guilty to ask.

Here.

What?

What?

Play what you were playing

before. It sounded really good.

Really?

Yeah.

I'm no good, but okay.

Try it.

Like that?

Yeah.

All righty.

I'll take it up here.

Okay.

We'll meet in the middle.

It's down there.

Sorry.

How about I come close to you?

I don't mind.

All right.

Why are there a lot of ducks

in Venice?

Ten ducks are swimming

down the canal

and one says,

"This place is quacked. "

That's terrible.

No, that's really cute,

actually.

It's very cute.

This is me. Come on in.

I love this. It's so cozy.

Thanks.

So comfy.

Yeah.

Three, two, one, blast off.

I'm in orbit. I'm in orbit.

Okay, Lionel, let's... All

right. Okay, come back here.

Let's start winding down

for bed, all right?

Who are you?

What planet do you hail from?

This is Milly from planet Milly.

This is Lionel from planet Johnny.

Hi, Lionel,

it's very nice to meet you.

You have a 'gina.

I have a what?

I have a penis.

You have a 'gina.

Okay, buddy, give me

a break here, okay?

Can I see it?

Hey.

Lionel. Lionel.

Lionel.

Dad?

Hi.

This is Milly.

Joe Dresden. Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

Sorry. It's moon dust.

It's okay.

Well, excuse me.

It's usually just us guys.

Johnny hasn't brought home a gal

in, God, I don't know how long.

Great, I'm getting it

from both sides.

Sorry.

Come on, buddy, let's you

and me go in the other room.

These guys are boring.

Nope, nope, nope.

What'd you have

for lunch today?

Baloney sandwich.

I'm not the baloney.

Yes, you are.

I think we got him. There we go. We got him.

We'll see you.

Night.

Oh, my God.

Mr. Grant. This way.

Hey, man, how you doing?

This is so amazing.

Yeah.

It's really unbelievable.

Yeah?

This is so great.

It's beautiful.

It's great.

I love this angle on the city.

I never knew this existed.

Gosh.

So what's good here?

Well, I hope you don't mind,

but knowing your love of food,

I didn't want you to

miss these.

Oh.

No, no, no, that's great

'cause I make decisions

all day long.

You know, the Gillespies'

daughter is allergic to chocolate,

but she wants a brown cake,

and...

My lease is up on my car, do I get a

hybrid? 'Cause I really believe in them

but I don't know if it's time

to switch insurance, it's...

What I mean is, it's very nice

to not have to think for a change.

Well, last time I was in Italy, I was

in Siena, and they make this wine there,

and this is the only place

in the city that serves it.

You've been to Siena, right? Oh,

well, of course, I haven't. No.

Are you kidding?

Wouldn't it be fun to drink

our way through Tuscany?

Lt'd be amazing.

God, this calamari is so...

Is that City Hall? God, I love old

buildings. You know, the attention to...

Not that I don't love modern

architecture 'cause I totally do.

It's so bold,

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