| Director: | Peter Hedges | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Writer: | Pierce Gardner, Peter Hedges | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Starring: | Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook, Norbert Leo Butz, John Mahoney, Dianne Wiest | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Released: | February 14, 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Runtime: | 98 minutes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Story: |
A conflicted romance collides head-on into the perils of family relations with
fun-filled results in Peter Hedges' fresh, clever and hilarious take on the
slice-of-life comedy.
It all begins with widowed father and family advice columnist Dan Burns (Carell),
who is still reeling from the heartache of loss and takes refuge by trying to
maintain order with his three rebellious young girls, while dodging anything
unexpected or outside the box. But when Dan heads to Rhode Island, his miffed
daughters in tow, for the annual Fall weekend thrown by the large and boisterous
Burns family, everything changes. Soon after his arrival, he runs into an
alluring woman named Marie (Binoche) in a bookshop. For the first time in a
very, very long time, Dan experiences real, live sparks -- only to have to
douse them liberally when he discovers Marie is, in fact, the brand new
girlfriend his brother Mitch (Cook) is about to proudly introduce to the family.
As the weekend gets underway in the close quarters of a crowded house filled with quirky, prying relatives, Dan and Marie try to squelch and cover up their growing mutual attraction at every turn, leading to one comical situation after another. Yet, no matter how hard they try to do the very opposite, Dan and Marie can't help but fall in love. Now Dan is about to realize, that no matter how wise safety might seem, when it comes to real life, he's going to have to break all the rules. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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