the widower family man dan burn ( steve carell ) write the column dan in real life give advice for family in the new jersey standard and raise his three daughter alone . jane ( allison pill ) and the older and have just get her drive license but dan do not allow her to drive while cara ( brittany robertson ) have a crush on his high school mate marty while and the young lily ( marlene lawston ) miss her mother . when dan and his daughter travel to rhode island for a family reunion and he meet marie ( juliette binoche ) in a bookstore and they spend hour talk to each other . they feel attract for each other and but marie receive a phone call and leave dan and give her phone number first . dan immediately fall in love for marie and but when he return to his parent home and he find that marie be the girlfriend of his wolf brother mitch burn ( dane cook ) and who be also in love with her . along the weekend and the attraction between the clumsy dan and marie increase and they have to take a decision . dan in real life be a great surprise and a delightful movie and with comedy and romance and drama . the chemistry of the gorgeous juliette binoche and steve carell be awesome and it be very easy to know why everybody love marie . the trio allison pill and brittany robertson and marlene lawston be fantastic and their character be responsible for some of the best moment of this story . the screenplay be wonderful and the performance of the talented actor and actress be stun and with a realistic behavior of a family meeting . follow the advice of dan column and plan to be surprise with the reunion of the burn family . my vote be eight . title ( brazil ) represent eu and meu irmão e nossa namorada ( me and my brother and our girlfriend ) .