diogomanuel
This movie is first and foremost about love, and it feels so genuine and realistic because it shows love as it usually happens - unexpectedly! You will have to 'feel' and understand the story in order to appreciate it.The story of Dan (one of Steve's best performances I've seen to date!) is the story of many single men and women around the world: feeling lonely while everyone around seem to have a great partner for life's dance.Juliette Binoche (Marie) is a great actress! We already knew it from Chocolate but in this movie she is outstanding. She and Steve shared a special chemistry while making this movie. I'm sure that at the very least they are good friends in real life.When you do feel the story, this will be one of those movies you come back to every now and then...
chaofreaks1
Peter Hedges gives us a movie about a guy named Dan, who have a reunion with his family... I really can't remember the movie that much, and I saw it a FEW DAYS AGO!! I thought the movie was still very good, the acting were promising, the country music was decent, the setting worked very well, and the plot was very good, I give this movie a 8.5 out of 10.
rasto_novak
When I started to watch this movie, I thought it'll be another average movie from Steve. But after a few minutes I realized that the representation of family in here it's quite close to what I know in person. A big plus for this movie is that the most of it occurs in a big family surrounding, another great thing is the countryside. Lot of familiar actors made all of the scenes hilarious. Dan's everyday troubles with love and his daughters are touching and also a bit provoking. These issues let the audience think – "what would I do, if I were him?" One of the greatest moments of the whole movie is the scene where everybody plays a little act for the others. The song that Dan's brother choose I never heard before. It is my most favorite song ever since! The whole scene, where Dan only plays and then Mitch loses lyrics so Dan has to take over also the singing, is just outstanding. In a meanwhile, the background talk of Dan's sister with Maria even more escalates the emotional legacy of this scene. I liked this very much. I did even find this scene on YouTube and played it several times since I first saw this movie. As all of you might assume, the movie ends with happy ending, but before the conclusion, there are some quite funny moments. I definitely recommend this flick to all family-movie lovers. After all, I personally think that Steve and Juliette played their characters very well.
Lily Ohdundee
I really liked this movie and have watched it a couple times. Its a little depressing at times, but is filled with witty humor that keeps the movie going and will put a smile on your face. The characters and problems seem very real and relatable in the movie and the approach that the director takes is pretty original. It was very well cast as they made the story very believable and approachable.. This movie was really touching to me as it was written so well. Of course I like a lot of Steve Carrels movies and I believe he really lit up this movie and gave it charisma. This movie is full of emotion whether its making you cry or making you laugh. A great and smart movie for adults.
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