Dan In Real Life

It took me a little while to decide whether or not I was gonna watch this movie. On the one hand I really enjoy Steve Carrell (minus Evan Almighty which was probably the worst movie I saw last year). On the other hand I really don't enjoy Dane Cook. Unfunny pretty boys get out of comedy. Well boredom gave in so I decided to watch it, also the fact that I downloaded it. To sum it up it was alright, but it probably could have been far better. 
This is sort of how I felt about Evan Almighty as well. The concept could have been really good,
but the final product ended up being  a tall watery glass of mediocrity. 
The story seemed to be a bit jam packed with too much stuff in too
little time. While the primary focus seemed to be on the forbidden love of wanting his brother's girlfriend they also managed to jam in three daughters and a growing career as a newspaper
advice columnist. These parts seemed a little bit thin, especially relating to his career. It was nice to see Dane Cook get sorta screwed over in the end though.

The one problem that really stuck out for me was that the whole extended family seemed to be living in the 1930s. They did everything together. Some of the things kinda made sense like the friendly family football game. But come on what kind of family has contests to see which sex can finish a crossword first, 
holds a talent show, plays charades, does aerobics outdoors, etc. in one weekend. If this movie had been made even 
30 years ago it would have seemed more realistic. Now though television has taken over our 
lives that it just seems ridiculous to me that they would not be near one or watch it instead of 
doing these family togetherness activities. 

So for the record TV good, Dane Cook bad, Dan in Real Life ok.