Dan in Real Life is a 2007 American comedy-drama film directed by Peter Hedges, starring Steve Carell and Juliette Binoche. Dan Burns is a newspaper advice columnist, a widower, and a controlling father to his children Jane , Cara and, Lilly in the New Jersey suburbs. His column is in contention to be syndicated nationally. The family takes a trip to the Rhode Island home of his parents to visit his family—including his New York City-based brother, Mitch , a personal trainer—for an annual family get together. Cara does not want to go, as she does not want to leave her... boyfriend Marty whom she claims to have fallen in love with in just three days. But Dan insists that it is not possible to fall in love in three days and makes her go. The morning after his arrival, Dan's mother encourages him to go into town for a bit to give his daughters some space. Dan visits a bookstore and a customer named Marie mistakes him for an employee. Dan and Marie have an obvious connection and continue to talk over breakfast.
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| Release date: | October 26, 2007 |
| Directed by: | Peter Hedges |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 98 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jonathan Shestack, Brad Epstein |
| Editor: | Sarah Flack |
| Music by: | Sondre Lerche |
| Cinematography: | Lawrence Sher |
| Screenplay by: | Pierce Gardner, Peter Hedges |
| Estimated budget: | $25,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |