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Dan in Real Life (2007)

Dan in Real Life
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Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook

A widower finds out the woman he fell in love with is his brother's girlfriend.

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65% liked it

PG-13, 1 hr. 35 min.
Directed by: Peter Hedges
Release Date: Oct 26, 2007
DVD Release Date: Mar 11, 2008

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9 hours ago
I liked this movie. Good wholesome kinda movie, saw it with the fam and then again this week.
I recommend it to most, particularly if you want something more wholesome.
12 hours ago
Very good acting or at least in my humble opinion. Not your typical Steve Catrell movie but it had heart and comedy. It's mostly a drama but a good one!!
1 day ago
I love this movie. That is all I have to say.
2 days ago
One of the best, realistic romantic comedies I've seen in a very long time. I"m still amazed that Dane Cook acted like a person and not Dane Cook.
2 days ago
For most of its run, it's either too cutesy, or too flawlessly quirky, to sustain any kind of real feeling. There are occasional moments of true wit, thanks mostly to Steve Carell's balance of stupid and sad comedy, but they're scattered in a story ... (read more)

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624 days ago
Pete Hammond, Maxim
Finally a really smart, really funny movie about the ups and downs of life, love and family.
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624 days ago
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Why must so many family-friendly romantic comedies give us such wan, forgettable dialogue and predictable situations? Dan is derivative at best, and feels like filmmaking by focus group at worst.
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624 days ago
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
In the end, the commercial necessity of wrapping up a family comedy in less than 100 minutes seems to have trumped anything real about Dan's life.
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624 days ago
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Dan in Real Life is neither wildly farcical nor mockingly cruel, but rather, for the most part, winningly gentle and observant.
624 days ago
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
There are some loud moments and big laughs.
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