First off, I watched this movie completely by chance, and really wasn't expecting much. Somehow I had never heard of Dan In Real Life, but when my girlfriend told me it had Dane Cook and that dude from 40 Year Old Virgin I was all in. It was a good choice on her part.
Right from the get go you know that Dan is a single parent of at least three. You also know that he is a somewhat established columnist for his newspaper. Lastly, through several funny yet touching scenes, you also know he fails to connect with his children on the level that they need.
While there come to be many small conflicts, mostly internal conflicts with Dan, the main problem he faces is that a random woman he meets and falls head over heels for coincidentally ends up being his brother Mitch's girlfriend.
Dan must play his role as a good son and great brother to the family, while also sorting things out with Mitch's girlfriend behind the scenes. He must also learn to be a better father at the same time. These conflicts are brought together through laughs and giggles, and even a few knee slappers, but they do not draw away from the seriousness of it all, either. That proves to be a double edged sword.
The humour and the seriousness seem to balance eachother out. They do so in such a way that one really can't speak badly of this movie, but at the same time it's not a movie that leaves you feeling awed, or with sore abs from sheer laughing the entire time. Because of that I recommend renting it rather than going to the movies, not that it will be showing much longer, but it is a good movie nonetheless, and I have absolutely nothing bad to say about it.
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