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Not age appropriate for kids under 13, age appropriate for kids over 14; suggested age 13. -
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Common Sense says
Keaton and Moore can't save bland, cliched romcom.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 13–14
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What Parents Need to Know
About Because I Said So
Parents need to know that kids under 14 (even big Mandy Moore fans) probably won't be interested in this flat, unoriginal romantic comedy. The film's humor is based on a very tired stereotype: the aggressively interfering mother. Her interest in her youngest daughter's love life leads to silly jokes, sexual imagery (women appear in their underwear, some kissing, a brief montage shows one woman with two different partners), and innuendo (including discussion about -- and re-enactment of -- orgasms). Very mild language for PG-13 ("ass," "damn it") and some tame social drinking.
Read our full review by Cynthia Fuchs
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about romantic comedies. How is this movie like other romantic comedies you've seen? Why do movies in this genre tend to follow the same pattern? Can you think of any examples of obvious "romantic comedy" elements (i.e. making Milly's boyfriends so different that her choice seems obvious to viewers)? Families can also talk about overbearing parents. How can suggestions that are intended to be helpful end up hurting the person they're directed at? Besides criticizing them, how else could Daphne encourage her daughters?
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
Not appropriate for younger veiwers!
I found that this movie had a lot of sex in it. But other than that i don't think that this movie was terribly bad. After i watched the movie i told myself "thank-god that i don't have a mother like Daphne Wilder, that would absolutly be the worst thing in the world.
- I rate this title off for age 17 and give it
Insane!
This movie is wrong in so many ways: physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Physically, it made me sick, emotionally, it made me sad and spiritually, it made me pray. What an awful movie. I turned it off when the mother says that pride is an admirable quality blah blah blah. Save your eyes and ears and select another movie. Hollywood has it all wrong.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
stupid movie
bad bad bad movie boring stupid bad
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
This movie made me want to die!
i think this is probably the worst movie I have ever seen! There were so many parts in the movie they trid to make funny, but it just wasn't!I also thought i was really unrealistic about how that mother followed the daughter around. It was kind of pathetic. Plus if you had a mother like that than you would be so much more messed up than they showed in the movie. Talk about a waste of time!
- I rate this title off for age 17 and give it
Hmm?
This movie sends the wrong message to teens....The mother and daughters talk often about sex, sexual parnters(!) and even about having more than one partner at a time! PLEASE!!!! Who condones such behavior?!
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
This movie killed me!
Talk about the worst movie of all times. I totally lost my mind while watching this. I could have watched mold and been more interested. This was probably one of the worst movies that ever went through my brain.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
painful
This was the biggest waste of my time. The characters were horribly fake and annoying. I had a melt down watching this movie it was so bad. My toes were curling the entire time about how controling the mother was. Everyone in the movie was a spazz. If you had to grow up with a mother like the one in the movie you would be much more messed up as an adult. DON'T WATCH IT!!!!
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
hate it
I thought this movie was a huge waiste of my time. I think that they could have made the consept so much more funny and i think they could do so much more with it to really make it a good movie.I think they made the mom get in to th daughters personal life way to much, and that was a big reason why it was bad. I think that there were some funny parts so it was ok.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
PAINFULL
this movie was SO BAD youdon't even want to waist your time. They could have made it better but it was just BAD. there were a lot of inaprpreate parts and it was just not for anyone under the age of 14. There is a lot of adult material and contentthat just makes it TERIBBLE ! ! ! !
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 17 and give it
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Simply a worthless chick flick filled with innuendo to make it funny
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
HILARIOUS AND ENTERTAINING
This movie was hilarious and had a great message. I loved it, one of my fave's
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
Hilarious!!!!!
This movie was so funny Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore were a perfect mother daughter combo. I would definately recomend it.
- I rate this title off for age 17 and give it
suprisingly dirty...i was very dissapointed
i am so surpised that even kids thought this movie was ok to watch. I'm 26 and i turned it off after the first 25 minutes or so--when daphne started watching porn on her computer and the man in the film made a discusting and totally inappropriate comment for anyone to hear, i'd had enough. there wasn't two minutes in the first 25 minutes of the show that someone didn't say something that had to do with sex. and the worst part is that the mom (daphne) encourages her young and unmarried daughter (mandy moore) to do it! anyone who says this film is ok for kids to watch is nuts. i wouldn't recommend it to anyone, old or young. in my opinion sex should be very private and intimate and should be shared between two married people and certainly not flaunted in front of the world like it is in this show and so many others. ...no wonder our american society is so messed up.
- I rate this title off for age 17 and give it
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
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