Continuity mistake: The whole time Dan is in the bookstore and outside talking to Marie, he is wearing a blue undershirt. However on his way home from the bookstore, he runs a stop sign. When the cop comes up behind him you can see that his undershirt is now grey. When he gets home and walks through the door, his shirt has gone back to blue. So Dan's shirt changes a few times when everything is supposed to be in the same sequence of time and events.
Dan in Real Life (2007)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Peter Hedges
Starring: Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Alison Pill, Dane Cook
Dan (Steve Carell) tells his daughters that he'll spend more time with them, to listen better to what they want and that he's in love with Marie (Juliette Binoche). He decides to go after her and tell her how he feels. Since his license was taken by a cop, Jan gets to drive. Dan and his three daughters go to a gym to go see Marie. Dan writes in his column: "Dear readers, we shouldn't tell young people to plan ahead. We should tell them that they should plan to be surprised" (indicating his column is now syndicated by the group that interviewed him). During the end credits: some time later, Dan and Marie get married at his parents' house and everyone's dancing. Cara and Marty are a couple and Mitch (Dane Cook) hooks up with Ruthie (Emily Blunt).
Alex
More mistakes in Dan in Real Life
Cara Burns: You are a murderer of love.
Trivia: Dianne Wiest (born 1948), who played Dan Burns' mother, Nora, is only fourteen years older than Steve Carell (born 1962).
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