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Dan in Real Life

20071h 38mComedy · Romance · Drama
directed by Peter Hedges

“Something's happening to Dan. It's confusing. It's awkward. It's family.”

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6.6 / 10
1,363 votes
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6.8 / 10
109,153 votes
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65 / 100
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65%

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Synopsis

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.

Cast

Steve Carell·Dan
Juliette Binoche·Marie
Dane Cook·Mitch
John Mahoney·Poppy
Emily Blunt·Ruthie Draper
Alison Pill·Jane
Britt Robertson·Cara
Marlene Lawston·Lilly
Amy Ryan·Eileen
Dianne Wiest·Nana