Because I Said So Page #2

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
1,142 Views


think that I would ever enjoy this?

No, it was not. It was so you.

Just you wait.

No.

Hi, babe.

Okay.

Honey, I'm worried about you.

It's not sad sobbing. I

promise, Mom, I'm fine, I'm fine.

It's just the pressure point

reflex thing.

Pardon?

What kind of oil

would you like?

Oh, wakana oh yulike

to you too.

Mom.

What? It's a greeting.

Hey, wait. What are you...

What are you...

What are you doing here now?

Hey, that's the head. That's...

Soft to hard. Soft to hard.

God damn it.

Oh, my God.

Girls, she's not back

with Rafferty, is she?

She doesn't want to

talk about it, Mom.

I knew it. I thought we got rid of that

pathologically ambivalent narcissist

three years ago when he almost

stood you up at Mae's wedding.

Well, you know what, Mom?

He's never gonna

stand me up again

because he's been sleeping

with my ex-boyfriend.

Oh, my God.

Oh, God.

I could kill him.

Oh, God.

You deserve somebody

who wants you,

somebody who's as good

and as kind as you are.

Why do you always

have to put me down?

I'm not putting you...

Yes, you are.

Love is supposed to make you

feel good about yourself.

You shouldn't have to

settle for crumbs.

Okay, okay. I know.

I'm an idiot, okay?

I'm done. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. No, no. No.

All right. You're the

psychologist in the family.

What do you think we should do

about your sister?

I swear, with men,

she's like psychotic flypaper.

They're either gay, married,

unavailable or out of their minds.

No, Mom, you have to leave her alone.

You have to quit making her so insecure.

She had the least

amount of time with Dad

who wasn't exactly

a great male role model.

And stop being a helicopter,

Mom, you're hovering.

You're right, you're right.

I'm gonna back off,

I'm gonna give her some space

to sort things out for herself.

Good.

Yeah.

If only I could choose

for her.

No.

No. That is so...

That is so

Fiddler on the Roof.

Your parents

didn't choose for you.

Yeah, but maybe

they should have.

You know what I think?

I think you're fixating on her

to avoid dealing with this very

big birthday you have coming up.

I am not fixating on her.

Is it crazy for me

to want her to have

one healthy relationship

in her life?

I mean, come on,

if she keeps up this pattern

of wrong choice

after wrong choice...

I mean, okay, one thing

when you're in your 20s,

but 20 years later,

it's not so pretty.

Maggie?

I don't...

I don't want her to end up

alone.

You know what I realize?

I give up the search. I don't

need anybody. I mean, look at Mom.

She's been single most of her adult

life and she's lived a great life.

So you know what? I'm going

to be just like you, Mom.

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