Soundtracks and traffic lights are things that, if I just blow through, I feel a whole lot better. I've recently logged a note to self regarding former and latter: When the BW A&E editor says, "Wait, ...

NEW YORK — Anyone who saw Steve Carell's romantic comedy "Dan in Real Life" is familiar with Sondre Lerche's music, whether they know it or not. Lerche and his band perform "Modern Nature" in the film ...

The “Dan in Real Life” soundtrack “features 11 new Sondre Lerche compositions, a duet with Regina Spektor, Sondre’s cover of Pete Townshend‘s “Let My Love Open the Door”, a Lerche-produced version of ...

Just like the title suggests, "Dan in Real Life" is a comedy that wants to keep it real. At least as real as you can be in a comedy in which Steve Carell hides from his daughter in a shower with a ...

"Dan in Real Life" is a comedy/drama that is light on comedy and substitutes melodrama and cheesy family moments for actual drama. It is also a depressing example of what happens when good actors are ...

You know what would be fascinating? A movie in which a character who dispenses advice for a living—like a therapist, a member of the clergy, or, in the case of Dan in Real Life, an advice ...

"Dan in Real Life" is easy to fall for, even if closer inspection indicates a tad too much preciousness. It is geared to adults and high schoolers. Although there are middle schoolers in the film, ...

Dan in Real Life has this much going for it: It is not the worst Steve Carell film of 2007. That honor, of course, goes to Evan Almighty, which even the Lord walked out of during the second reel. Fact ...