Wordiezett So much average

Bergorks If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

apapacosta I picked this up at a pound store so my expectations were low. I hadn't heard of the film but I like Steve Carell so thought I would give it a watch. What unfolded was a funny, sensitive, entertaining story about a man struggling with his life as a single parent. There are details here that are beautifully handled. I am surprised that this film is not better know. I hope people will seek it out. It's a treat!

SnoopyStyle Dan Burns (Steve Carell) is a lonely widow who writes an advice columnist. He is overprotective and over his head especially with boy crazy Cara (Britt Robertson). He can't even teach his oldest Jane (Alison Pill) how to drive. The family is spending the weekend with the extended family. That's where Dan meets and falls for Marie (Juliette Binoche) at a bookstore. Only later does he find out that she's his brother Mitch (Dane Cook)'s girlfriend.It's a sweet rom-com with a great ensemble cast. Even Dane Cook is good here, and I usually can't stand him. It helps that he's that douche character. Steve Carell is playing a downer character. His depressed angry guy approach is quite an eye opening. Juliette Binoche is her charming self.The inter-family fight do have some awkward moments. The movie's lighter moments and its general whimsical tone can clash violently with those awkward moments. In the end, the movie resolves itself quite well and it ends happily ever after...like there's any other way.

Austin Cartwright The movie was interesting. It kept flowing. The characters were likable, which is important to me. I don't want to watch a movie about people I don't care about. I really liked the whole family atmosphere. I liked the way the family played together and had fun together. It was really nice. His misery on finding out that the woman he just met is with his brother was played nicely. You could just feel how awful that would be. You meet somebody that you think is special, and then suddenly what seemed to be the starting point of a relationship turns into the end of the relationship. It's especially frustrating and unbearable when the more you get to know of the person, the more you like them. The family was so close and the woman was so accepted as the brother's girlfriend that I had to wonder how in the world it would ever be possible for him to end up with the woman, even if she were to decide that she preferred him over the brother. It seemed as if it would just be unthinkable, because the brother and the rest of the family would hate him then. I'll leave it to you to see how it turned out. Incidentally, the given description gives away something at the beginning of the film and I think it should be changed so that it doesn't do that. (If it were to be changed, I'd have to modify my review so as to not give away anything.) I think I enjoyed this movie primarily because of the characters and because of the nice family feeling that was evoked. It's too bad more families can't be like this.

Mere Humsafar Honestly, I always identified Steve Carell with " The 40 Year Old Virgin" (2005), which is not my favorite..though it has to be agreed that he had given a good performance in "The Office" (2005).. but all that till I watched this cute little movie.. A small interesting story.. one brother unknowingly falling in love with the girlfriend of another brother.. the brothers are attached to each other.. The girl in question is initially confused..AND SHE IS JULIETTE BINOCHE AS MARIE..THE BREATHTAKING ANNA BARTON IN "DAMAGE" (1992)WHO COULD SEDUCE DR SEPHEN FLEMING SIMPLY WITH THE LOOK IN HER EYEs..IT WAS UNFORGETTABLE HERE SHE IS MORE MATURE AND SPONTANEOUS.. BUT EQUALLY GORGEOUS ..One must watch the scene when all the family members are playing in the ground and Dan is trying to flirt with Marie ,under the misconception that nobody is noticing ..The response and small gestures of Marie are so natural..Romantic feelings of Dan for Marie, his affection for his brother and his love and protective attitude for his growing daughters are filmed with good effect..Not an outstanding movie.. ,but now a days we do not come across many cute little clean movies ..