2007 Directed by Peter Hedges
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.
Steve Carell Juliette Binoche Dane Cook Alison Pill Britt Robertson Marlene Lawston Dianne Wiest John Mahoney Norbert Leo Butz Amy Ryan Jessica Hecht Frank Wood Henry Priest Miller Ella Miller CJ Adams Jessica Lussier Seth D'Antuono Margot Janson Willa Cuthrell-Tuttleman Emily Blunt Felipe Dieppa Matthew Morrison Bernie McInerney Amy Landecker Steve Mellor Pauline Gregory Shana Carr Nicole Morin Charlotte Davies Show All…
Harry Higgins Jay Peck Eric Strausser Ryan Collison Dominick Tavella Dror Gescheit Heather Gross Gerald Donlan Robert Fernandez
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USAPG-13
El Capitan Theatre
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USAPG-13
AustraliaPG
SpainAPTA
Germany0
South Korea12
Netherlands6
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This film destroyed me. The sheer relatability I had to the main character was heartbreaking to watch. Steve Carell plays Dan, who is a widower (wife passed away 4 years ago) and has three teenage daughters. Now, I am not a widower (nor have I ever been married), I do not have any children (that I know of) and I do not write a semi-successful advice column, but as I’ve already wrote, I related to Dan a lot. The fear of abandonment that is portrayed here was deeply realistic and is something that I have struggled with for a long while now.
Dan doesn’t let his daughters have relationships, he won’t allow his eldest daughter to…
Big family sharing a cozy vacation house in Rhode Island, wearing sweaters? Perfect movie
The pancake poster is awful and irrelevant, almost certainly a reason why this film was never taken more seriously. As family dramedies go, it’s pretty terrific, wearing its melancholy heart on its sleeve to great emotional effect and generating major laughs from true-to-life, refreshingly wholesome comic observations. Hedges’ screenplay wheels through setups and payoffs like nobody’s business, and it’s disarmingly frank about how much Dan’s grieving process has negatively affected nearly every other aspect of his life. Honesty is paramount. Even when the short-lived saga of Ruthie Draper threatens to become too mean, it’s illustrating truth: otherwise loving families can turn callous and shitty at the drop of a hat, and toxic masculinity can rear its ugly head just as easily. Carell and Binoche are lovely here. It’s tough to think of a less likely screen pairing, but their fumbling, charged chemistry is off the charts.
Two stars bc the guy never put his face down on the pancakes like in the poster. That would’ve been funny bc he’d get all sticky from the syrup
Dan In Real Life is an incredibly heartfelt family drama; they may not be the most realistic of families, but they bring to light some relatable problems and relationships. The relationship between Dan and his daughters is especially moving, with Steve Carell doing what he does best when he is given a real character. He makes you laugh and he makes you cry, completely absorbing you in to his situation and engaging you with his wit, awkwardness, and personal realisations.
