For the Steve Carrell fans out there, Dan in Real Life is another winner. It’s not off the wall like 40-Year Old Virgin, or subtly twisted like The Office. Dan in Real Life, on paper, is just a boy meets girl kinda movie for adults. It’s about a guy who writes an advice column, who is also a father of three girls whose wife died about 4 years earlier, and hasn’t really moved on. But he goes to his family’s house for a weekend respite up in Rhode Island, and randomly meets a woman, and then suddeFor the Steve Carrell fans out there, Dan in Real Life is another winner. It’s not off the wall like 40-Year Old Virgin, or subtly twisted like The Office. Dan in Real Life, on paper, is just a boy meets girl kinda movie for adults. It’s about a guy who writes an advice column, who is also a father of three girls whose wife died about 4 years earlier, and hasn’t really moved on. But he goes to his family’s house for a weekend respite up in Rhode Island, and randomly meets a woman, and then suddenly he finds himself looking at things a bit differently, especially as nothing goes quite right for him.
Dan in Real Life is funny throughout, has heart, and while it could very easily be a standard studio movie, it’s shot like an idie movie with an indie vibe, and it pays off. You may see the ending coming, but it doesn’t really matter, as it’s an hour and forty-five minutes well spent. I’m not saying you need to spend the $10.50 to see it, but it’s a rental for sure.
