Rating of
3/4
Unexpected Delight
Chris Hadges - wrote on 07/05/08
This was good. Many people stereotype Steve Carell as the goofball that can be seen in Anchorman, 40 Year Old Virgin, Get Smart, Evan Almighty, or The Office..But in Dan In Real Life Carell displays one of his most emotional performances. I rented this movies expecting to see a lot of goofball slapstick humor between Carell and Dane Cook, but what I actually got was a heart warming story about a man, a woman, and his family. Basically, Steve Carell is a widow who meets a woman that turns out to be his brother's girlfriend. Throughout the movie his feelings for her get stronger and its up to him whether to respect his family(brother) or to give in to his emotions. The movie contains excellent performances by Carell and Cook, and its also nice to see John Mahoney in his first film since the ending of his beloved character Martin Crane on the sitcom Frasier. Anyway, this is a great film to check out...Great story, great cast, great movie.
