Dan in Real Life
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66% Critic Match

Dan in Real Life

Something's happening to Dan. It's confusing. It's awkward. It's family.

6.6 / 10 2007 1h 38mPG-13 English
ComedyRomanceDrama

Storyline

Advice columnist Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent to three precocious daughters. Things get even more complicated when Dan finds out that the woman he falls in love with is actually his brother's new girlfriend.

Cast & Crew

Steve Carell

Steve Carell

Dan

Lead
Juliette Binoche

Juliette Binoche

Marie

Dane Cook

Dane Cook

Mitch

Alison Pill

Alison Pill

Jane

Britt Robertson

Britt Robertson

Cara

Marlene Lawston

Marlene Lawston

Lilly

Dianne Wiest

Dianne Wiest

Nana

John Mahoney

John Mahoney

Poppy

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Peter Hedges's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Dan in Real Life is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker