Advice columnist Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent to three precocious daughters. Things get even more complicated when Dan finds out that the woman he falls in love with is actually his brother's new girlfriend.
Directed by Peter Hedges
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Rank
#90 in 2007·#3857 overall
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Cast
Steve Carell
Dan
Juliette Binoche
Marie
Dane Cook
Mitch
John Mahoney
Poppy
Emily Blunt
Ruthie Draper
Alison Pill
Jane
Britt Robertson
Cara
Marlene Lawston
Lilly
Amy Ryan
Eileen
Dianne Wiest
Nana
Norbert Leo Butz
Clay
Jessica Hecht
Amy
Crew
Peter Hedges
Director
Peter Hedges
Screenplay
Sondre Lerche
Original Music Composer
Sarah Flack
Editor
Lawrence Sher
Director of Photography
Darlene Caamano Loquet
Executive Producer
Alix Friedberg
Costume Design
Shawnna Thibodeau
Stunt Driver
Chick Bernhard
Stunts
Rosie Bernhard
Stunts
Sabine Varnes
Stunt Double
Ryan Collison
Foley Recordist
Popular Reviews
596 reviews
Madison Greenlee
9.0★ · 11/27/22
This is probably the most quoted movie in my house. I love it so much.
This is probably the most quoted movie in my house. I love it so much.
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Ella Lyons
6.0★ · 07/18/26
All Steve Carell does is play a depressed man in a dysfunctional family who has trouble with relationships
All Steve Carell does is play a depressed man in a dysfunctional family who has trouble with relationships
nika
8.0★ · 07/03/26
sometimes it was funny sometimes it was sad sometimes it was silly sometimes i was pissed off sometimes i cried
sometimes it was funny sometimes it was sad sometimes it was silly sometimes i was pissed off sometimes i cried
Aisha
7.0★ · 06/01/26
Steve Carell Is my biggest hear me outtt…
Steve Carell Is my biggest hear me outtt…
Isra
7.0★ · 05/20/26
wasn't much of a thought provoking nor something to be thrilled to watch, but somehow it still had a little charm.
wasn't much of a thought provoking nor something to be thrilled to watch, but somehow it still had a little charm.
