Rated: PG-13 for some innuendo. Runtime: 84 mins. Director: Peter Hedges Writer: Pierce Gardner and Peter Hedges Cast:Steve Carell; Juliette Binoche; Dane Cook; Alison Pill Tagline: Something's happening to Dan. It's confusing. It's awkward. It's family. Genre: Comedy/Romance Memorable Quote:"Love is not a feeling, Mr. Burns. It's an ability." Release Date: October 26, 2007 Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures Official Site:daninreallife.movies.go.com/ View the Trailer:www.apple.com/trailers/touchstone/daninreallife/
By Frank Wilkins
Peter Hedges, academy award nominated screenwriter of 2002's About a Boy and writer/director of Pieces of April, one of 2003's best films, attempts to throw his hat back in the ring of cinematic significance with another family drama, Dan in Real Life, this time set during a Fall weekend near Rhode Island's picturesque Narragansett Bay. But whereas in those previous contributions Hedges solidified his attention on smaller, more manageable casts of characters, here the family of focus is so big in both numbers and issues, Hedges seems to lose a bit of control on what he wants the film to be... more
By Louis Boram
Everyone can relate to frivolous songs like Y.M.C.A. (Village People) and Who Let the Dogs Out (woof, woof) (Baha Men) that make you want to conceal toe-tapping guilty pleasure or participate in communal -- and cathartic -- anguish. Like these anthems, Dan In Real Life will bring you private pleasure or public pain. It all depends on how well the arranged plot strings play for you... more
