steve carell play dan burn and newspaper agony uncle and dedicate single father to three girl . at a large family homecoming dan meet his perfect woman and only to find out that she be in a relationship with his brother . what a man to do . i rather liked dan in real life and but i would imagine the success or otherwise of this flick be go to be down to whether you be willing to accept steve carell play a part relatively straight and restrained and rather than go through the broad comedy move that have make him so successful . if you can not accept it and fear not and get smart will be along later in the year and but for the record i think he be very good . dan in real life start off like your typical and incidentally amusing and family drama and but it get funny and funny a it go along and carell frustration with his situation grow . it not massively original ( but if you only saw movie with original idea and cinematic picking would be very scarce indeed and wouldn not they . ) and but dan in real life be entertain and and a good cast ( who wouldn not fall in love at first sight with the luminous juliette binoche . ) make the most of an insightful enough script that contain many a ponder on the meaning and passion of love . i hope that steve carell push himself and do something a interesting again .