Showing posts with label Dan In Real Life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dan In Real Life. Show all posts

Monday, January 31, 2011

Dan In Real Life (2007)

★★★1/2

Dan is a recent widower trying to raise 3 daughters, 1 of which hates him, the other finds him to be average and the youngest is attached to him. After running into a woman at a bookstore he begins to develop an interested in her… it’s only after he returns that he finds out that she is the girlfriend of his brother. Now, during a 5-day family reunion he has to try to deal with his forbidden love. This was a great film particularly because of the performances by Carell and Binoche. After finding out the catch, the whole rest of the movie seems entertainingly awkward. It’s a great comedy drama that seems to play off an old but uncommon Hollywood story.