Stephan Hammond It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

chaofreaks1 Peter Hedges gives us a movie about a guy named Dan, who have a reunion with his family... I really can't remember the movie that much, and I saw it a FEW DAYS AGO!! I thought the movie was still very good, the acting were promising, the country music was decent, the setting worked very well, and the plot was very good, I give this movie a 8.5 out of 10.

FilmBuff1994 Dan in Real Life is a great movie with a very well written storyline that has a very good mix of very dramatic and depressing scenes,as well as plenty of very funny scenes. Judging from the films poster,I thought this was going to be a very goofy comedy,but it was actually a very mature and grown up movie on one of those family situations where you know no one is going to come out victorious.Steve Carell did a fantastic job as Dan,he is great on at any kind if comedy because he can play both dramatic characters and ones that are just stupid.If your a fan of drama comedies then you will definitely enjoy Dan in Real Life. Several years after his wives death,Dan (Steve Carell) thinks he may have met the perfect woman.However,this woman is dating his brother.This leads to an awkward weekend with the whole family.

SnoopyStyle Dan Burns (Steve Carell) is a lonely widow who writes an advice columnist. He is overprotective and over his head especially with boy crazy Cara (Britt Robertson). He can't even teach his oldest Jane (Alison Pill) how to drive. The family is spending the weekend with the extended family. That's where Dan meets and falls for Marie (Juliette Binoche) at a bookstore. Only later does he find out that she's his brother Mitch (Dane Cook)'s girlfriend.It's a sweet rom-com with a great ensemble cast. Even Dane Cook is good here, and I usually can't stand him. It helps that he's that douche character. Steve Carell is playing a downer character. His depressed angry guy approach is quite an eye opening. Juliette Binoche is her charming self.The inter-family fight do have some awkward moments. The movie's lighter moments and its general whimsical tone can clash violently with those awkward moments. In the end, the movie resolves itself quite well and it ends happily ever after...like there's any other way.

ctomvelu1 I was impressed to see the box office total on this very modest indie, which can be chalked up to the presence of Steve Carell in the lead. Carrell is on a roll at present and seems unable to do anything wrong (except perhaps for his Noah flick). He may not be Matt Damon or Ben Affleck, but he always draws a crowd. Smart of the filmmakers to capitalize on his presence; just look at the poster/cover art. DAN tells an old tale -- a very old one -- of love tied up in a triangle. Carrell plays a lonely widower with three growing daughters who meets a charming Frenchie (Binoche) in a bookstore and is instantly smitten. Unfortunately, he soon learns she's dating his kid brother (Cook). Complications ensue. Without Carrell, the film would be unwatchable. Cook is insufferable as always and Binoche fails to register in any meaningful way, even in the requisite shower scene. . Carrell's very white, upper middle class family is made up of 1950's stereotypes, and the setting (the beaches of Rhode Island) is one huge cliché. But Carrell is on in just about every scene, thank God. He manages to keep things moving along, right through the very clichéd finale.