Dan In Real Life
October 2007
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Trevor Johnston
Smoothly entertaining fare, but with a bit more nerve it could have been so much more.
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
This is his [Carell's] most assured and rounded performance to date.
Richard Corliss
Now, everybody knows that Steve Carell is lovable.
Richard Roeper
It's a nice film. There's some nice touches to it.
Claudia Puig
Why must so many family-friendly romantic comedies give us such wan, forgettable dialogue and predictable situations? Dan is derivative at best, and feels like filmmaking by focus group at worst.
Geoff Pevere
A movie nicely packed with pleasantly unpredictable surprises.
Critic reviews
Trevor Johnston
Smoothly entertaining fare, but with a bit more nerve it could have been so much more.
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
This is his [Carell's] most assured and rounded performance to date.
Claudia Puig
Why must so many family-friendly romantic comedies give us such wan, forgettable dialogue and predictable situations? Dan is derivative at best, and feels like filmmaking by focus group at worst.
Ted Fry
Carell plays it fairly straight in a movie that hits high on the scales of comedy and romance, with just a dollop of dramatic reality. It's almost as if he were playing, well, real life.
User reviews
Hilarious and all around enjoyable It'll make you laugh and not in the annoying "I'm embarrassed for this person" humor. A must rent, and shortly after buy;-)
Love and laughter Cant wait to buy.....seen it a million times.....never get tired of it;)
Amazing Love love love this movie...its one of those movies that you can watch over and over again
Cast and credits
Actors | Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook, John Mahoney, Emily Blunt, Dianne Wiest |
Producers | Jon Shestack, Brad Epstein |
Director | Peter Hedges |
Writers | Pierce Gardner, Peter Hedges |
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English
Rental period
Start within 30 days, finish within 72 hours.
Run time
98 minutes
Rating
PG-13
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