Dan in Real Life

Dan in Real Life

Something's happening to Dan. It's confusing. It's awkward. It's family.

200798 min6.6 / 10

A warm, family-centered romantic comedy about a widowed advice columnist navigating love, parental responsibility, and sibling loyalty during a chaotic holiday gathering.

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.

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