Dan in Real Life is an enjoyable hour and a half. It's not the kind of film you will be talking about over the days following your viewing, but it is sweet and good natured and features some genuinely funny moments. Probably the most miraculous thing about this film is it actually got me to like Dane Cook for a short time. His persona is kept in check through the running time and he actually seems to be acting, instead of just playing a version of himself. This is also Steve Carell's most subtle and probably best performance.
My main complaint is that things seem too nicely tied up at the films ending. This is the same problem I had with another film in this genre, The Family Stone. We are given an open ended finale that seems right, then we are treated to what is the biggest plot device during the ending credits since Any Given Sunday (that films closing credits was almost like a whole other movie). Even Dane Cook's character is given unneeded resolution when it felt like there needed to be at least on more scene between him and Carell.
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