Fresh
Smoothly entertaining fare, but with a bit more nerve it could have been so much more.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Dan in Real Life
Something's happening to Dan. It's confusing. It's awkward. It's family.
2007 · 1h 38m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Peter Hedges
Overview
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
65%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This is his [Carell's] most assured and rounded performance to date.
Paul Clinton (CNN.com), CNN.com
Fresh
Now, everybody knows that Steve Carell is lovable.
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
Fresh
It's a nice film. There's some nice touches to it.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Rotten
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.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
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