Because I Said So (2007)
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- PG-13
- 1h 42min
- Comedy, Romance
- 02 Feb 2007 (USA)
- Movie
- 1 nomination.
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Diane Keaton | ... |
Daphne Wilder
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Mandy Moore | ... |
Milly Wilder
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Gabriel Macht | ... |
Johnny
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Tom Everett Scott | ... |
Jason
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Lauren Graham | ... |
Maggie
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Piper Perabo | ... |
Mae
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Stephen Collins | ... |
Joe
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Ty Panitz | ... |
Lionel
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Matt Champagne | ... |
Eli
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Colin Ferguson | ... |
Derek
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Tony Hale | ... |
Stuart
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Sophina Brown | ... |
Milly's Staff #1 / Matisse
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Karen Leigh Hopkins | ... |
Milly's Staff #2 / Charlie
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Emily Maisano | ... |
Milly's Staff #3
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Gerald Downey | ... |
Cousin Dougy's Friend
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Ingrid Sanai Buron | ... |
Singing Bride
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Jennifer Bolton Lee | ... |
Daphne's Masseuse
(as Satya Lee)
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Alexis Rhee | ... |
Maggie's Masseuse
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Shu Lan Tuan | ... |
Milly's Masseuse
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Steve Little | ... |
Bad Teeth Guy
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John Ross Bowie | ... |
Cute Food Spewing Guy
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Parvesh Cheena | ... |
Foreign Guy
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Doug Budin | ... |
Sneezer
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Willam Belli | ... |
Transsexual
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Carlo Manchini | ... |
Arnold
(as Carlo Michael Mancini)
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Mary Pat Gleason | ... |
Iris
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Judi Barton | ... |
Jason's Mother
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Rudolph Willrich | ... |
Jason's Father
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David Purdham | ... |
Uncle Philip
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P.J. Byrne | ... |
Photographer
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Edith Jefferson | ... |
Female Senior
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Holly Westen | ... |
Catering Staff
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Nate Petre | ... |
Bleached Teeth Guy
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Allison Caetano | ... |
Roller Blader
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Chris Monberg | ... |
Roller Blader
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Renna Bartlett | ... |
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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Levi Chambers | ... |
Pete 'The Fast Food Guy' (uncredited)
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Curt Clendenin | ... |
Dinner Party Guest (uncredited)
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Suzanne Covington | ... |
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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Joey Genitempo | ... |
Potential Date (uncredited)
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Zachary Gordon | ... |
Little Arthur (uncredited)
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Garett Maggart | ... |
Contractor / Carpenter (uncredited)
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Choice Plasencia | ... |
Cupcake Kid (uncredited)
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Michael Q. Schmidt | ... |
Chubby Wedding Guest (uncredited)
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Opender Singh | ... |
Suitor (uncredited)
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Courtenay Taylor | ... |
Computer Girl (uncredited)
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Henri C. Wittelsohn | ... |
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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Directed by
Michael Lehmann |
Written by
Karen Leigh Hopkins | ... | (written by) & |
Jessie Nelson | ... | (written by) |
Produced by
Paul Brooks | ... | producer |
Michael Flynn | ... | executive producer |
Karen Leigh Hopkins | ... | associate producer |
Jessie Nelson | ... | producer |
Michael Newstat | ... | producer |
Scott Niemeyer | ... | executive producer |
Wendy Rhoads | ... | co-producer |
Jonathan Shore | ... | associate producer |
Norm Waitt | ... | executive producer |
Music by
David Kitay |
Cinematography by
Julio Macat |
Editing by
Paul Seydor | ||
Troy Takaki |
Editorial Department
Corinne Bogdanowicz | ... | digital intermediate colorist |
Alanna De Carlo | ... | post-production assistant |
Adam DesCombes | ... | post-production assistant |
Patrick Flannery | ... | additional editor |
Michael Grawert | ... | assistant colorist |
Brian Guillaudeu | ... | promo editor |
Kate Kroll | ... | post-production coordinator |
Bryan Lamoureux | ... | first assistant editor |
Shoshanah Tanzer | ... | post-production assistant |
Amy Tompkins | ... | digital intermediate editor |
Aisla Webster | ... | post-production coordinator |
Kay Sievert | ... | colorist: dailies (uncredited) |
Casting By
Eyde Belasco |
Production Design by
Sharon Seymour |
Art Direction by
Christopher Tandon |
Set Decoration by
Maggie Martin |
Costume Design by
Shay Cunliffe |
Makeup Department
Fríða Aradóttir | ... | hair stylist: Ms. Keaton (as Frida Aradottir) |
Gary Archer | ... | prosthetic teeth |
Hayley Cecile | ... | additional makeup artist |
Ginger Damon | ... | assistant hair stylist |
Kelcey Fry | ... | makeup artist: Ms. Keaton |
Zoe Hay | ... | additional makeup artist |
Julie Hewett | ... | makeup department head |
Polly Lucke | ... | department head hair: additional photography (as Polly Luke) |
Beth Buckwalter Miller | ... | department head hair (as Beth Miller) |
Barbara Olvera | ... | hair stylist: Ms. Keaton |
Michelle Vittone | ... | key makeup artist (as Michellee Vittone-McNeil) |
Marsha Shearrill | ... | additional makeup artist (uncredited) |
Production Management
Michael Flynn | ... | unit production manager |
Joanna L. Rees Jones | ... | post production executive |
Jeff Levine | ... | executive in charge of production: Gold Circle Films |
Christa Vausbinder | ... | production supervisor |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Keri Bruno | ... | second second assistant director |
Michael McCue | ... | second assistant director |
Sholto J. Roeg | ... | first assistant director: additional photography unit |
Mike Topoozian | ... | first assistant director |
Bob Brown | ... | second unit director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Claudia Bonfe | ... | set dressing buyer |
Tony Bridgers | ... | construction foreman |
Gretchen Engel | ... | art department coordinator |
Maureen Farley | ... | property master |
Jane Fitts | ... | graphic designer |
Joey Genitempo | ... | stand-by painter |
L. David Gordon | ... | drapery foreman |
Richard Lambert | ... | lead man |
Curtis Laseter | ... | construction coordinator |
Joe Monaco | ... | set dresser |
Mark Moretti | ... | storyboard artist |
Adam Mull | ... | art department assistant |
Cynthia C. Rebman | ... | on-set dresser |
Natalie Richards | ... | set designer |
John Risso | ... | paint supervisor |
Rodney Rosene | ... | set dresser |
Scott Schutzki | ... | set dresser |
Nathan A. Smith | ... | set decorating shopper / shopper |
Shanna Starzyk | ... | art department assistant |
Fante Zamora | ... | set dresser |
Doug Anderson | ... | lead plasterer (uncredited) |
Sound Department
Douglas Axtell | ... | production sound mixer |
Gregg Barbanell | ... | foley artist |
George Berndt | ... | adr supervisor |
Johnna Chism | ... | assistant sound editor |
Ryan Ferro | ... | utility sound |
Alan Freedman | ... | adr mixer |
Detlef Halaski | ... | re-recording mixer |
P.K. Hooker | ... | sound effects editor |
Pamela Kahn | ... | foley artist |
Steve LeSieur | ... | foley editor |
Skip Lievsay | ... | re-recording mixer |
Jérôme Malaize | ... | sound intern |
James Morioka | ... | dialogue editor |
Chris Navarro | ... | adr mixer |
Rob Nokes | ... | sound effects field recordist |
Alberto Ovejero | ... | dubbing mixer |
John A. Pagano | ... | assistant sound editor |
Jeremy Peirson | ... | re-recording mixer |
Matthew Reale | ... | sound mixing recordist |
Jerry Ross | ... | supervising sound editor |
Lucy Sustar | ... | foley mixer |
Ben Wienert | ... | boom operator |
Special Effects by
Frank Ceglia | ... | special effects coordinator |
Matt Kutcher | ... | special effects supervisor |
Laura Michl | ... | production assistant |
Rudy Perez | ... | special effects |
Jennifer M. Sheppard | ... | special effects project coordinator |
Visual Effects by
Marc Canas | ... | scanning/recording |
Ozzie Carmona | ... | digital compositor |
Rick Cortes | ... | inferno artist |
Alan De Castro | ... | digital artist |
David Geoghegan | ... | digital optical compositor |
Michael Grawert | ... | digital effects artist |
Cristian A. Kong | ... | digital compositor |
Jennifer Law-Stump | ... | digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital |
Rodney Montague | ... | digital intermediate producer |
Nichole Moraila | ... | billing coordinator |
Josh Mossotti | ... | visual effects |
Tristan Rayos | ... | digital i/o |
Greg Rodin | ... | digital imaging lead camera: Pacific Title and Art Studio |
Antonio Torres | ... | digital artist: Pacific Title |
Edward L. Williams | ... | visual effects supervisor |
Stunts
John Ashker | ... | stunt driver |
Bob Brown | ... | stunt coordinator |
Troy Lindsay Brown | ... | stunt performer |
Jennifer Caputo | ... | stunt driver |
Jon H. Epstein | ... | stunt coordinator |
Debbie Evans | ... | stunts |
Jody Hart | ... | precision driver |
Oakley Lehman | ... | stunts |
Ed McDermott II | ... | precision driver |
Marta Merrifield | ... | stunts |
Jimmy N. Roberts | ... | stunt performer |
Troy Robinson | ... | stunts |
Scott Rogers | ... | stunts |
Ray Siegle | ... | stunt driver |
Nicole Surels | ... | stunt double |
Camera and Electrical Department
Steve Barnes | ... | first assistant camera: "a" camera |
Tom Cantrell | ... | electrician |
Adam Castro | ... | assistant camera |
Paul Caven | ... | rigging electrician |
Gary Dagg | ... | key grip |
Mitch Dubin | ... | camera operator: "b" camera |
Robert Gagnier | ... | first assistant camera: second unit |
Lonnie S. Gatlin | ... | best boy electric |
Johnny E. Jensen | ... | additional director of photography |
Frank R. Jimenez Jr. | ... | lighting technician |
Bob E. Krattiger | ... | gaffer |
Grg Magidow | ... | first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Greg Magidow) |
Don Muirhead | ... | camera operator: "a" camera |
Ryan Muirhead | ... | film loader |
Ray Patrick | ... | super technocrane operator |
Kenny Schneider | ... | electrician |
Laurent Soriano | ... | first assistant camera: second unit |
Ian Strang | ... | electrician |
Suzanne Tenner | ... | still photographer |
John Trunk | ... | video assist operator |
Casting Department
Sande Alessi | ... | extras casting |
Kristan Berona | ... | extras casting |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Yulia Gershenzon | ... | costumer |
Valerie Laven-Cooper | ... | assistant costume designer |
Jennifer Lax | ... | key costumer |
Meredith J. Murray | ... | costumer |
Deanna M. Saul | ... | daycheck costumer |
Katie Saunders | ... | costume supervisor |
Donna R. Schultz | ... | costumer |
Tim Wegman | ... | costumer |
Jennifer Day Young | ... | costumer: Ms. Keaton |
Location Management
Alex Apple | ... | key assistant location manager |
Joshua M. Dragotta | ... | assistant location manager |
Kathy McCurdy | ... | key assistant location manager |
Ralph B. Meyer | ... | location manager |
Music Department
Michael Aarvold | ... | music scoring mixer |
Jane Ashworth | ... | assistant music clearances: S.L. Feldman & Associates |
Gary Barlough | ... | score mixer |
Todd Bozung | ... | music editor |
Artie Butler | ... | musician: piano accompanist, Ms. Keaton |
Joel Derouin | ... | musician: violin solos |
Grant Geissman | ... | musician: guitar soloist |
Scott Hosfeld | ... | musician |
William Levine | ... | orchestrator |
Sue Medley | ... | guitar class coordinator |
Ralph Sall | ... | soundtrack album producer |
Dana Sano | ... | music supervisor |
Dan Wallin | ... | music scoring mixer |
Sarah Webster | ... | music clearances: S.L. Feldman & Associates |
Jonathan Levi Shanes | ... | music preparation (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Rebecca Robertson | ... | script supervisor |
Transportation Department
Oliver Eisenger | ... | transportation captain |
Steve Luce | ... | driver |
Jimmy Ray Pickens | ... | driver |
Dennis M. Steere | ... | driver |
James Waitkus | ... | driver |
Additional Crew
Mike Alexander | ... | animal trainer (as Michael Alexander) |
Lesa Andelson | ... | production counsel |
Carrie Arnold | ... | assistant production coordinator |
Aynsley Baldwin | ... | stock footage coordinator |
Nancy Banks | ... | acting coach: Mandy Moore |
Cassandra Barbour | ... | rights and clearances |
Matthew Benson | ... | production coordinator: Gold Circle Films |
John Bocchicchio | ... | set medic |
Charles Canzoneri | ... | cast assistant: Ms. Moore (as Chuck Canzaneri) |
Chris Doss | ... | executive in charge of finance |
Mikey Eberle | ... | production assistant |
Chloe Finch | ... | production assistant |
Manu Gargi | ... | assistant production coordinator |
Suraj Gohill | ... | consultant: financing |
David Goodin | ... | accounting clerk |
Casey Green | ... | video/computer playback operator |
Jason Hariton | ... | studio stage manager: re-shoots |
Aaron Jennings Hartnell | ... | stand-in |
Eric A. Haynes | ... | assistant production office coordinator |
Stephanie Heaton | ... | assistant: Ms. Keaton |
Alison Hoberman | ... | craft service |
Jean Hodges | ... | food stylist |
Jennifer Hoffman | ... | assistant: Mr. Brooks |
Lieve Jansen | ... | completion guarantor |
Cory Johnson | ... | production assistant |
Heather Joyce | ... | marketing executive |
Lisa Knight | ... | business affairs and post production coordinator |
Kate Kroll | ... | stock footage coordinator |
Robert Lamkin | ... | caterer |
Julien Lemaitre | ... | production coordinator |
Jill S. Litwin | ... | set production assistant |
Matt Loatman | ... | cast assistant: Ms. Keaton |
Max Macat | ... | intern loader |
Emily Maisano | ... | assistant: Ms. Nelson |
Adam R. Mehr | ... | attorney |
Juan Melendez | ... | production coordinator: titles |
Shaun O'Banion | ... | cast assistant: Ms. Moore |
Michael Patrick Burke | ... | stand-in |
Kimi Porter | ... | production assistant (as Kimi A.E. Porter) |
Ryan Robertson | ... | main title producer |
David Schuety | ... | production assistant |
Wonder Fortune Serra | ... | assistant: Mr. Lehmann & Ms. Nelson |
Laura Sevier | ... | rights & clearances |
Kim Siedentopf | ... | production assistant |
Luke Slendebroek | ... | film technician |
Mary Sunshine | ... | key production accountant |
Jim Swidarski | ... | payroll accountant |
Dylan Tarason | ... | production executive |
Scott L. Treger | ... | utility stand-in |
Garson Yu | ... | title designer |
Marc C. Geschwind | ... | extras coordinator (uncredited) |
John Hamilton | ... | publicity coordinator: Universal Studios Home Entertainment (uncredited) |
Thanks
Lori Johnson | ... | thanks |
Production Companies
- Universal Pictures (presents)
- Gold Circle Films (presents)
Distributors
- Alfa Films (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Eagle Pictures (2007) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Entertainment Film Distributors (2007) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Golden Village Pictures (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- Paradiso Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- TVA Films (2007) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Universal Pictures (2007) (United States) (theatrical)
- Viva International Pictures (2007) (Philippines) (theatrical)
- WEG Entertainment (2007) (India) (theatrical) (Mumbai)
- Warner Bros. (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Disney Channel (2015) (Germany) (tv)
- Net5 (2009) (Netherlands) (tv)
- Paradiso Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Paradiso Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- STAR India (2008) (India) (tv) (Chennai)
- Telepool (2008) (Germany)
- Tohokushinsha Film Corporation (TFC) (2007) (Japan)
- Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
- Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (UPHE) (2007) (United States) (DVD)
- Warner Home Video (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
- Zoom Entertainment Network (2014) (India) (video) (Cuttack)
Special Effects
- Pacific Title and Art Studio (visual effects)
- Westwind Media (visual effects)
- Spectrum Effects
Other Companies
- American Humane Association (animal action monitoring: AHA 01210)
- Bulletproof Recording Company (soundtrack)
- Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment (dollies)
- Chef Robért Catering (catering)
- DTS (acknowledgement)
- Designer Wardrobe Trailers (wardrobe trailer)
- Dolby (in selected theatres)
- Entertainment Clearances (rights and clearances)
- Filmtools (expendables)
- Getty Images (stock footage)
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (I.A.T.S.E. affiliated with A.F.L.-C.I.O.-C.L.C., this picture made under the jurisdiction of)
- Line 21 Media Services (combined dialogue, continuity & spotting list)
- Motion Picture Association (MPA) (Motion Picture Association of America, no. 42531)
- S.L. Feldman & Associates (music clearances)
- S.L. Feldman & Associates (music supervision)
- SDDS Sony Dynamic Digital Sound (in selected theatres)
- Sessions Payroll Management (extras payroll services)
- ShowBiz Enterprises (draperies)
- The Culver Studios (acknowledgement)
- Transportation Resources (transportation equipment)
- Widget Post Production (sound post-production)
- yU+Co. (titles)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Approaching age sixty, Daphne Wilder divorced when she was young, has not dated since, and has raised on her own and has fostered a close, loving relationship with her three daughters, Maggie, Mae and Milly, she now assisting Milly in her successful catering business. Daphne was mother of the bride for a first time at Maggie's wedding, and a second time at Mae's wedding, but she fears there won't be a third and final time for a Milly wedding in insecure Milly attracting only who seem to be the wrong men. Not wanting Milly to turn into another "alone" version of herself at age sixty, Daphne, without telling any of her daughters let alone Milly, decides to take matters into her own hands by placing a personal ad for a potential mate for Milly. Scheduling all seventeen interviews in succession at a restaurant, Daphne finds the ad has attracted one "loser" after another, until she reaches number seventeen, Jason, an architect who is handsome and seems smart, well-bred, successful and forward thinking about his life. The two arrange for Jason to meet Milly by "accident". What Daphne does not anticipate is that there ends up being a number eighteen, Johnny, who witnessed the interviews from the sidelines as the guitarist performing at the restaurant, and while Johnny did approach Daphne in his interest in meeting Milly from what he heard of the interviews, she immediately dismissed him solely because he is a musician and thus irresponsible by nature, much like her ex-husband. In their accidental meetings, Milly embarks on a relationship with both Jason and Johnny concurrently, and upon learning about Johnny in the picture, Daphne starts pushing Jason as the favored one to Milly. Beyond Milly, Jason and Johnny's own thoughts about their two relationships, the two men who know nothing about the other being in Milly's life, a question becomes how Milly eventually learning about the ad, an inevitability, will factor into what happens, not only about Milly's love life but her relationship with her mother. In helping Milly with her love life and only fostered by watching old Gary Cooper movies, Daphne may dredge up latent feelings of romance of her own, it which she may find in the most unlikely of places. Written by Huggo |
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Taglines | She's just your normal, overprotective, overbearing, over-the-top mother. See more » |
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Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
Opening Weekend United States | $13,122,865, 04 Feb 2007 |
Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $69,485,490, 12 Oct 2008 |
Did You Know?
Trivia | The names of the daughters, Maggie (Lauren Graham), Milly (Mandy Moore), and Mae (Piper Perabo), come from an e.e. cummings poem that starts "Maggie and Milly and Molly and May went to the beach to play one day." A student in Johnny's guitar class is named Molly. See more » |
Goofs | Several times Milly puts her hands into an oven without oven mitts. When she takes her hands out she is wearing oven mitts. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in Norbit/Factory Girl/The Astronaut Farmer/Because I Said So/The Situation (2007). See more » |
Soundtracks | Yes, My Darling Daughter See more » |
Quotes |
[from trailer]
Daphne Wilder: God couldn't be everywhere so that is why he invented mothers. Maggie: What? That was on a Hallmark card we gave you See more » |