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Dan in Real Life

2007 · 98 min

A warm, gently awkward family weekend where romantic mishaps and heartfelt moments blend into an easy, comforting watch.

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

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • love
  • grief
  • identity
  • parenthood
Places
  • single country house
  • small town
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, romance, drama
Directed by
Peter Hedges
Written by
Peter Hedges, Pierce Gardner
Starring
Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook, John Mahoney, Emily Blunt, Alison Pill, Britt Robertson, Marlene Lawston
Music
Sondre Lerche
Cinematography
Lawrence Sher
Runtime
98 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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