Overly reliant on caricatures and lacking any human insight, Because I Said So is an unfunny, cliche-ridden mess.
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          Director 
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            Michael Lehmann 
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          Producer 
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            Jessie Nelson , Paul Brooks , Michael Newstat 
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          Screenwriter 
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            Karen Leigh Hopkins , Jessie Nelson 
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          Distributor 
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            Universal Pictures 
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          Production Co 
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            Gold Circle Films , Universal Pictures 
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          Rating 
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            PG-13 (Partial Nudity|Dialogue|Sexual Content|Some Mature Thematic Material) 
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          Genre 
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            Romance , Comedy 
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          Original Language 
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            English 
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          Release Date (Theaters) 
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            Feb 2, 2007, Wide 
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          Release Date (Streaming) 
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            Sep 15, 2015 
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          Box Office (Gross USA) 
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            $42.6M 
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          Runtime 
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            1h 49m 
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          Sound Mix 
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            Dolby SRD , DTS , SDDS 
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          Aspect Ratio 
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            Flat (1.85:1) 
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