Dan in Real Life (2007) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	October 26, 2007
On DVD:	March 11, 2008
Genre:	Romance, Comedy
Director:	Peter Hedges
Writer:	Pierce Gardner, Peter Hedges
Cast:	Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook, Dianne Wiest, John Mahoney, Emily Blunt, Norbert Leo Butz, Alison Pill, Brittany Robertson, Marlene Lawston
Studio:	Touchstone Pictures
Official site:	daninreallife.movies.go.com
Running Time:	95 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated PG-13 for some innuendo

Advice columnist Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent in this heartfelt comedy from director Peter Hedges ("Pieces Of April")....

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Dan in Real Life comes to DVD soon, and I managed to get a copy to write a review. This is one of those films that I had planned to see in theaters, but just never got around to seeing it. Having watched it, I can now confirm that my subconscious hesitations were accurate, that the reason I never quite willed myself to the theaters the way I do for so many other films is that the movie simply lacks spark.

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