Dan in Real Life Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

A widower finds out the woman he fell in love with is his brother's girlfriend.

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

The story centers on a widower with three daughters, ages 10-17, who writes a parenting column for a local paper. While on a family reunion on the Jersey shore, he meets a woman he takes a liking to, but upon returning home, he finds out the woman is his brother's girlfriend. He then tries desperately not to fall in love with her while not breaking rules he has set up for himself and his daughters.

Comedy

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Dan in Real Life.

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  Steve Carell

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  Dane Cook

  Disney's Planes, My Best Friend's Girl

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  Juliette Binoche

  The Return, The Taste of Things

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  Norbert Leo Butz

  The Exorcist: Believer, Flag Day

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  John Mahoney

  Flipped, The Groomsmen

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  Dianne Wiest

  Apartment 7A, Rabbit Hole

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  Alison Pill

  Young Werther, To Rome With Love

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  Brittany Robertson

  The Family Tree

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  Marlene Lawston

Crew Behind the Film

The Dan in Real Life behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Peter Hedges last directed Ben Is Back and The Odd Life of Timothy Green. The film's writer Pierce Gardner last wrote Why Don't You Try Me?.

Director

Peter Hedges

Screenwriter

Pierce Gardner

Producer

Jon Shestack

Production Details

What we know about the Dan in Real Life movie production.

Production Updates for Dan in Real Life

Dec 2004

Completed

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