Dan In Real Life
Comedy
Disney / Buena Vista  (10/26/2007) 98 mins PG-13

7.0 (24,056 votes)
Something's happening to Dan. It's confusing. It's awkward. It's family.

Steve Carell (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, TV's The Office), Hollywood's leading funnyman, stars in the hilarious comedy that's bursting with charm - a movie you'll watch again and again. Advice columnist Dan Burns (Carell) 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. Carell is joined by a brilliant all-star supporting cast, including Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook, John Mahoney and Dianne Wiest, for a heartfelt, fun-filled comedy that's "laugh-out-loud funny" - Steve Oldfield, Fox....

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Cast and Crew
Steve Carell  ......  Dan Burns
Dianne Wiest  ......  Nana
Juliette Binoche  ......  Marie
Emily Blunt  ...... 
John Mahoney  ......  Poppy
Dane Cook  ......  Mitch Burns
Director  .....  Peter Hedges
Producer  .....  Brad Epstein; Jon Shestack; Ginny Brewer; Darlene Caamano; Jonathan Shestack
Writer  .....  Peter Hedges; Pierce Gardner
Notes
Goofs:
Continuity: When Marie is making pancakes, she picks up the syrup to pour on Dan's pancakes with her left hand and starts to pour, then in the next shot she is pouring with her right hand. (more)

Trivia:
The premise was largely based on co-writer Pierce Gardner's personal experiences on every summer gathering of his wife's family and relatives at Rhode Island. (more)

Filming Locations:
New Jersey, USA (more)

Quotes:
Dan Burns: What don't I understand, Cara? Please, help me out. What is it? Is it frustrating that you can't be with this person? That there's something keeping you apart? That there's something about this person that you can connect with? And whenever you're near this person, you don't know what to say, and you say everything that's in your mind and in your heart, and you know that if you could just be together, that this person would help you become the best possible version of yourself? (more)

Awards:
2 nominations (more)