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Dan in Real Life

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

2007 · PG-13 · 1h 38m

Directed by Peter Hedges

6.6

TMDB audience score
1,409 votes, out of 10

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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.

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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

  • Norbert Leo Butz
    Clay

  • Jessica Hecht
    Amy

  • Frank Wood
    Howard

  • Henry Priest Miller
    Will

  • Ella Miller
    Rachel

  • CJ Adams
    Elliot

  • Jessica Lussier
    Jessica

  • Seth D'Antuono
    Gus