Review of Dan in Real Life (2007) by Nick G — 10 Jan 2010

Great movie.. and should probably be around the top of most 'Best You've Never Seen' lists..

This movie was a lot of fun and managed to pull me out of the depressed meh funk that came with watching 'Up In the Air' earlier in the day.. and this was the perfect complement to that film.

One a ying to the other's yang for turn-of-life middle aged men's 'coming of age' drama/comedies.. I use that term to more stereotype the main characters than make a viewing recommendation.. both can be enjoyed by most anyone..

I'm not a big fan of romantic comedies, but this is more of a people movie.. to classify it as a romanic comedy is selling it short.

I'd really like to give this 4.5 stars, but it's a bit too formulaic to step up into that ratings territory.