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An out and out chick flick, this was our Saturday night date movie with TS1 even bringing the fresh popcorn. A fun way to spend a couple of hours after a day full of English and American football–Liverpool had another crap 0-0 outing but USC reached back for a nice 24-3 rebounder–and Mandy Moore is growing on me as a nice young actress
Moore costars with Diane Keaton in Because I Said So, a slight romantic comedy whose twist is that Keaton is not only Moore’s overbearing mother Daphne, she’s afraid her own life is over at 60 (her birthday party is a key scene) without her ever having had an orgasm. Lauren Graham and Piper Perabo play Moore’s character Milly’s two slightly older, better adjusted sisters so you can imagine the locker room scene is very male viewer friendly.
Daphne despairs of the 20-something Milly ever finding the true love she never did–the girl’s father was “the wrong choice”–and so she posts a single ad asking for suitors for her daughter. Interviewing applicants in a hotel lounge she finds one good man, an architect named Jason (Tom Everett Scott), and has an arrogant conversation with Johnny (Gabriel Macht), leader of the jazz combo playing there.
Milly of course meets both men and, this being the 21st century, sleeps with both after a decent/minimal number of dates. Johnny turns out to be a better match, though appearances and mom disagree. Hilarity ensues. Daphne meets Johnny’s dad (Stephen Collins) and learns what an orgasm feels like. Milly and Johnny’s five year old son Lionel hit it off instantly. Jason never does figure out how to get the stick out of his ass.
Fairly standard stuff but nicely done.
recommended
