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Dan In Real Life (2007)

Average rating

(63%)

Starring:	Steve Carell \| Juliette Binoche \| Dane Cook \| Alison Pill \| Brittany Robertson \| Marlene Lawston \| Dianne Wiest \| John Mahoney
Director:	Peter Hedges
Studio:	ICON HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time:	94 mins
Genres:	Comedy \| Drama \| Romance
Languages:	English
Hearing-impaired:	English
Released:	June 09, 2008

Advice columnist Dan Burns (Carell) has his hands full with three daughters that he's not willing to let grow up. The girls still grieve for their mother who died four years ago, and Dan hasn't made any attempts to date. So he's pleasantly surprised when he meets Marie (Juliette Binoche) at a bookstore when he goes to his parents' Rhode Island home for the annual family reunion. But his joy is short-lived when he discovers that she is dating his brother (Dane Cook), forcing Dan to hide his feelings and chemistry with Marie.

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Rating of 3 stars out of 5
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15 out of 15 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 3.0 stars
A real feel good movie!

A Customer from SW London, 15th January, 2008

I quite enjoyed this film, despite finding Carell very irritating.( He seems to only ever know how to act as one persona) It 's your typical feel good movie, a bit OTT in places but good to watch once. In a nutshell, it's the difficulties a widowed dad of three girls faces when his younger brother brings home a much older woman who happens to be Dan's (widowed dad's/Carell's) ideal woman. Will or won't they end up together? You'll have to watch the film to find out, but it shouldn't be too hard to figure out!

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12 out of 13 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 3.0 stars
Quite entertaining

PaulaWestwood from , 28th January, 2008

Not typical Steve Carrell for me, he plays a charachter who is a little mour dour and unfunny than his usual portrayals. Thats not to say this has no humour at all, it is funny in places and funny-sad in others, but in general this is a much heavier movie than I expected. I expected something a but fun and fluffy, but this tackles the break up/relationship scenario a tad more seriously. Juliette Binoche is perfect (as always) though and adds an extra dimension that this film would have lacked without herthere. As really does the underrated (to me) Dane Cook. All in all not as much a giggle as I expected, but definately worth a watch.

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Rated 4.0 stars
Warm, funny and fuzzy

Duzzbob from , 30th December, 2009

I find Steve Carell to be a bit hit and miss, so I wasn't sure what to expect when I first saw Dan in Real Life. I say 'first saw' because since the first viewing it has been one of those films in my collection that I watch on a regular basis, as it continues to make me laugh and leaves a warm glow. I know some people will find it too sickly sweet but I think the balance is just right and the awkward situations Dan finds himself in whilst falling in love with his brothers new girlfriend (Juliette Binoche) during a long family get together are brilliantly written and acted. Highly recommended to put a smile on your face.

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