Something's happening to Dan. It's confusing. It's awkward. It's family.
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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Contemporary, classical in form, spare and effortless.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- effortlessdemanding
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Steve CarellDan
- Juliette BinocheMarie
- Dane CookMitch
- John MahoneyPoppy
- Emily BluntRuthie Draper
- Alison PillJane
- Britt RobertsonCara
- Marlene LawstonLilly
- Amy RyanEileen
- Dianne WiestNana
Crew
- Peter HedgesDirector
- Pierce GardnerScreenplay
- Peter HedgesScreenplay
- Lawrence SherDirector of Photography
- Sondre LercheOriginal Music Composer
- Sarah FlackEditor
- Jonathan ShestackProducer
- Brad EpsteinProducer
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