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Metascore
65 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 34 Critics What's this?

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6.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 126 Ratings

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  • Starring: Dane Cook, Juliette Binoche, Steve Carell
  • Summary: Advice columnist Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but struggles to succeed as a brother a song and a single parent. (Touchstone Pictures)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 34
  3. Negative: 1 out of 34
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    100
    Dan in Real Life fires on so many circuits that at times it's actually shocking how good it is.
  2. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Rick Kisonak
    60
    On its own terms, the picture is at least as contrived as it is charming and its characters in many cases bear less resemblance to flesh and blood human beings than those in a Farrelly brothers farce.
  3. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: M. E. Russell
    25
    I could see people enjoying Dan in Real Life, I guess -- the scenery is nice and the people are pretty and the songs are cute little emotion substitutes. But Dan? Buddy? It's not all about you.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 48 out of 83
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 83
  3. Negative: 28 out of 83
  1. Shannon
    10
    I loved it! Great storyline, clean humor, very heartfelt... definitely one to add to the family collection.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. ChrisC
    5
    There were a lot of good things about the movie. A lot of good performances, and they somehow managed to make Dane Cook not annoy me. They also managed to take the romantic comedy formula and breathe a little life into it it doesn't usually have. But, they also adhered way too much to the formula without really doing anything unique or original with it. And what kills it for me is how obviously they primed you to root for the ending to happen. They took a morally gray situation and imposed a really superficial moral compass on it that trivialized the entire plot, then justified it with a lot of cheap forgiveness.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. DavidD.
    3
    A film truly without any direction, almost all the characters here are truly unlikable (Dan thinks he's found the love of his life just because he blabbed on and on to her for an hour, and we're supposed to like his daughters even though they despise him just because they didn't get their way). A trully AWFUL ending as well. This movie actually reminded me of RV, except here, in addition to the supporting characters all being unlikable (or likable characters being pushed as unlikable ones), the main characters is also equally hard to find merit in. Honestly, the "real life" part of the title may be the biggest lie of the year, if I ever saw a family this dysfunctional, I'd call them a therapist right away. Skip Dan In Real Life, you'll find nothing but pointless frustration to be found.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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