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  • Post last modified:April 6, 2019

Dan in Real Life

SOMETHING’S HAPPENING TO DAN. IT’S CONFUSING. IT’S AWKWARD. IT’S FAMILY.

Widower Dan Burns (Steve Carell) meets the charming Marie (Juliette Binoche) in a bookstore and they connect… but during a subsequent family gathering he realizes that sheā€™s his brotherā€™s new girlfriend. The guy who made Pieces of April (2003) returns to that concept and portrays another big family getting together to share moments of joy and heartbreak. Too bad everything feels so darn contrived and artificial. Not a total dud, but few in the audience will laugh or shed tears. Neither Carell nor Binoche are terribly engaging as the lovers.

2007-U.S. 98 min. Color. Directed byĀ Peter Hedges. Songs: Sondre Lerche. Cast: Steve Carell (Dan Burns), Juliette Binoche (Marie), Dane Cook (Mitch Burns), Dianne Wiest, John Mahoney, Alison Pill… Emily Blunt, Amy Ryan.

 

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