Directed by:
Peter HedgesCinematography:
Lawrence SherComposer:
Sondre LercheCast:
Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook, Alison Pill, Britt Robertson, Marlene Lawston, Dianne Wiest, John Mahoney, Norbert Leo Butz, Amy Ryan, Jessica Hecht (more)VOD (3)
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Early in Peter Hedges’s “Dan in Real Life,” the title character, at a bookstore, meets the woman he will fall in love with. Mistaking him for an employee, she breathlessly tries to describe the kind of book she’s looking for. (He responds by gathering up a random assortment of volumes that includes the poems of Emily Dickinson, “Anna Karenina” and “Everybody Poops.”) “I want something funny,” she says. “But not laugh-out-loud funny. And definitely not making-fun-of-people funny. I want something human funny.” It does not take long to recognize this as a declaration of the film’s own intentions. Its moral is “expect to be surprised,” and the surprise is how frequently it succeeds. “Dan in Real Life” is neither wildly farcical nor mockingly cruel, but rather, for the most part, winningly gentle and observant. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Steve Carell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/036/164036842_a6c098.jpg)
Steve Carell
USA
Best movies:
Despicable Me (2010)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
![Juliette Binoche](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/212/166212001_79560e.jpg)
Juliette Binoche
France
Best movies:
Three Colours: Red (1994)
Three Colors: Blue (1993)
Three Colours: White (1994)
![Dane Cook](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270331_712f5a.jpg)
Dane Cook
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Brooks (2007)
Dan in Real Life (2007)
Flypaper (1997)
![Alison Pill](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/043/166043602_f0962b.jpg)
Alison Pill
Canada
Best movies:
Miss Sloane (2016)
Midnight in Paris (2011)
Milk (2008)
![Britt Robertson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/214/161214719_cc3218.jpg)
Britt Robertson
USA
Best movies:
Mother and Child (2009)
A Dog's Purpose (2017)
Mr. Church (2016)
Marlene Lawston
USA
Best movies:
Dan in Real Life (2007)
Flightplan (2005)
![Dianne Wiest](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/049/165049771_d89ddb.jpg)
Dianne Wiest
USA
Best movies:
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Ściana (1982) (TV movie)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
![John Mahoney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270889_939063.jpg)
John Mahoney
UK
Best movies:
The Iron Giant (1999)
Primal Fear (1996)
Flipped (2010)
![Norbert Leo Butz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/786/160786948_6fda99.jpg)
Norbert Leo Butz
USA
Best movies:
Disconnect (2012)
Dan in Real Life (2007)
Comanche Moon (2008) (series)
![Amy Ryan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/297/164297955_61e728.jpg)
Amy Ryan
USA
Best movies:
Changeling (2008)
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
![Jessica Hecht](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/409/165409811_0e75fe.jpg)
Jessica Hecht
USA
Best movies:
The Magic of Belle Isle (2012)
Whatever Works (2009)
Dan in Real Life (2007)
![Frank Wood](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/327/166327874_3acf00.jpg)
Frank Wood
USA
Best movies:
The Night Of (2016) (series)
Changeling (2008)
The Get Down (2016) (series)
Henry Priest Miller
Best movies:
Dan in Real Life (2007)
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
Ella Miller
Best movies:
Dan in Real Life (2007)
Stay (2006)
![CJ Adams](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/127/184/127184057_5a7243.jpg)
CJ Adams
Best movies:
Dan in Real Life (2007)
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)
Godzilla (2014)
Willa Cuthrell
Best movies:
Whatever Works (2009)
Dan in Real Life (2007)
The Sisterhood of Night (2014)
![Emily Blunt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/176/166176106_cbf21b.jpg)
Emily Blunt
UK
Best movies:
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Oppenheimer (2023)
The Fall Guy (2024)
![Matthew Morrison](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/702/162702688_5c177d.png)
Matthew Morrison
USA
Best movies:
8 (2012) (theatrical recording)
Dan in Real Life (2007)
Taking Chance (2009) (TV movie)
![Bernie McInerney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/784/162784293_a22674.jpg)
Bernie McInerney
USA
Best movies:
Trading Places (1983)
The Natural (1984)
Duane Hopwood (2005)
![Amy Landecker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/288/160288302_55f2ba.jpg)
Amy Landecker
USA
Best movies:
Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One (2021)
Doctor Strange (2016)
Dan in Real Life (2007)