Dan in Real Life (romance) Cast: Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche Direction: Peter Hedges DAN Burns (Steve Carell) is a popular newspaper columnist who writes a family advice column but has a million family problems of his own. A widower, he has been trying his best to bring up his three teenage daughters all by himself, even as he shoots off homilies on family bondings to his readers. Indeed, a tough task which gets even tougher when he takes his girls for a family reunion on Thanksgiving to his parent's (Diane Wiest and John Mahoney) rambling house in Rhode Island. He walks into a bookstore and meets the delectable Marie (Juliette Binoche) who seems to be his soul mate, but for her boyfriend. Trouble grows tenfold when sweet Marie walks in for the family reunion too, since she's almost family. Her boyfriend happens to be desperate Dan's brother! Sweet and witty, the film makes for pleasant viewing. ... read more »