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