Dan in Real Life
Director: Peter Hedges
Year: 2007
Stars: Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dianne Wiest
I wanted to watch Eastern Promises. A film that's been recommended and I've wanted to see since it was released. I had recorded Eastern Promises, and was all set to watch it. Turns out it aired later than scheduled on TV, and we didn't have the second half recorded. So Dan in Real Life it was instead - something rather different.
The film follows (no surprises here) Dan (Carell) as he takes his three daughters and goes to spend some time with his family. There, he meets a girl (again, no big surprises) but things are rather more complicated than at first they seem.
This all makes the movie sound rather more exciting than it is. The thing with Dan in Real Life is that, well, it's attempting to portray Dan in real life. This isn't necessarily a bad thing - in fact, it some ways it makes for quite a refreshing film. But it does mean that things just seem a bit, well, normal. That isn't to say the film is slow - plenty happens to keep you watching. It's just that at the same time nothing much really happens. Like real life in many ways, I guess.
Rating: 3 out of 5
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