Dan in Real Life (2007)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.0/10   

Director:

Peter Hedges

Escritores (WGA):

Pierce Gardner (written by) and
Peter Hedges (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

26 octubre 2007 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

Something's happening to Dan. It's confusing. It's awkward. It's family.

Plot:

A widower finds out the woman he fell in love with is his brother's girlfriend.

Plot Keywords:

Widower | Bookstore | Love | Vacation | Shore

Premios:

3 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A Delightful Treat for Adults

Reparto

Steve Carell	...	Dan Burns
Juliette Binoche	...	Marie
Dane Cook	...	Mitch Burns
Alison Pill	...	Jane Burns
Brittany Robertson	...	Cara Burns
Marlene Lawston	...	Lilly Burns
Dianne Wiest	...	Nana
John Mahoney	...	Poppy
Norbert Leo Butz	...	Clay
Amy Ryan	...	Eileen
Jessica Hecht	...	Amy
Frank Wood	...	Howard
Henry Miller	...	Will
Ella Miller	...	Rachel
Cameron 'C.J.' Adams	...	Elliott
Jessica Lussier	...	Jessica
Seth D'Antuono	...	Gus
Margot Janson	...	Olivia
Willa Cuthrell-Tuttleman	...	Bella
Emily Blunt	...	Ruthie Draper
Felipe Dieppa	...	Marty Barasco
Matthew Morrison	...	Policeman
Bernie McInerney	...	James Lamson
Amy Landecker	...	Cindy Lamson
Steve Mellor	...	Bookstore Clerk
Pauline Gregory	...	Bowling Alley Manager
Shana Carr	...	Suzanne Burns
Nicole Morin	...	Jane - Age 13
Charlotte Davies	...	Cara - Age 11
Zoe Pauliks	...	Lilly - Age 4 (as Zoe Paulkis)
Lucas Hedges	...	Lilly's Dance Partner
Sondre Lerche	...	Himself
Kato Ådland	...	Wedding Band (The Faces Down) - Guitar
Ole Ludvig Krüger	...	Wedding Band (The Faces Down) - Drums
Morten Skage	...	Wedding Band (The Faces Down) - Bass
Marci Occhino	...	Wedding Singer
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Ellen Becker-Gray	...	Customer in Coffee Shoppe (uncredited)
Kevin DeCoste	...	Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Jaclyn Sabogal	...	Teen in bakery (uncredited)
Melanie Scalera	...	Teen in cafe (uncredited)
Tacuma Vanterpool	...	NYC Pedestrian (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Peter Hedges

Créditos del guión (WGA)
Pierce Gardner		(written by) and
Peter Hedges		(written by)

Producida por
Ginny Brewer	....	associate producer
Darlene Caamano	....	executive producer (as Darlene Caamaño Loquet)
Dianne Dreyer	....	co-producer
Brad Epstein	....	producer
Noah Rosen	....	executive producer
Jonathan Shestack	....	producer (as Jon Shestack)
Mari-Jo Winkler	....	executive producer (as Mari Jo Winkler-Ioffreda)

Música original por
Sondre Lerche

Fotografía por
Lawrence Sher		(director of photography)

Montaje por
Sarah Flack

Casting
Bernard Telsey

Diseño de producción por
Sarah Knowles

Dirección artística
Mark Garner		(as Mark E. Garner)

Decorados
Kyra Friedman		(as Kyra Friedman-Curcio)

Diseño de vestuario por
Alix Friedberg

Departamento de maquillaje
Matiki Anoff	....	key makeup artist
Nathan J. Busch II	....	hair department head (as Nathan J. Busch)
LuAnn Claps	....	makeup department head
Alan D'Angerio	....	hair stylist: Ms. Binoche
John James	....	key hair stylist
Emma C. Rotondi	....	hair stylist (as Emma LaCarbonara Rotondi)
Trish Seeney	....	second makeup artist

Dirección de producción
Erica Kay	....	production supervisor
Jennifer Lane	....	post-production supervisor
Mari-Jo Winkler	....	unit production manager (as Mari Jo Winkler-Ioffreda)

Ayudante de dirección
Daniela Barbosa	....	second second assistant director
Stephen P. Dunn	....	first assistant director (as Stephen Dunn)
Sean Farrell	....	dga trainee
Paul Byrne Prenderville	....	second assistant director (as Paul Prenderville)

Departamento de Arte
Hope Ardizzone	....	scenic artist
Joseph Barillaro	....	stand-by painter (as Joe Barillario)
Pedro Barquin	....	greens coordinator
Guy L. Bermel	....	set dresser (as Guy Bremel)
Lewis Bowen	....	charge scenic
Krzysztof J. Bratun	....	scenic artist
Richard Brunton	....	leadman
Rob Chalk	....	additional on-set dresser
David Costello	....	scenic foreman
John Davis	....	storyboard artist
Jeffrey DeBell	....	greens foreman (as Jeff DeBell)
Stephen DeBoer	....	construction foreman
Jennifer Gerbino	....	assistant property master
Geoffrey S. Grimsman	....	set designer
David Gulick	....	property master
Brenner Hugh Harris	....	set dressing gang boss
J.M. Hunter	....	art department coordinator
Edward A. Ioffreda	....	graphic artist
Joseph Kearney	....	construction coordinator
Morgan Kling	....	buyer
C. Kent Lanigan	....	second assistant property master
Holly Laws	....	set dresser
David Levine	....	supplier: artwork
Timothy Lewis	....	set dresser
Mark O'Neil	....	set dresser (as Mark O'Neill)
Adam Roffman	....	on-set dresser
Timothy Rowcroft	....	set dresser (as Tim Rowcroft)
Marilyn Salvatore	....	draper
Shauna Sanchez	....	set decorating production assistant
Gretchen Schlottman	....	buyer
Robert Smedley	....	carpenter
Ashleigh Stanczak	....	art department production assistant
Theodore Suchecki	....	construction foreman
Katie Tower	....	graphic artist (as Katherine Tower)
Timandra Alyse Vincent	....	set dresser (as Timandra Alys Vincent)
Paul Williamson	....	construction gang boss
Noah Dubreuil	....	props (uncredited)
Krista Gall	....	props assistant (uncredited)
Dave Major	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Jason Mayoh	....	construction production assistant (uncredited)
Amy Morrison	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Beth Peterson	....	drapery seamstress (uncredited)
Kim Quam	....	construction medic (uncredited)
Christopher Sawtelle	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Michelle Sherwood	....	props (uncredited)
Meaghan E. Stone	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Chris Walsh	....	greens assistant (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
Krissopher Chevannes	....	adr recordist
Laura Civiello	....	dialogue editor
Ryan Collison	....	foley recordist
Gerald Donlan	....	sound editor
Kelly Doran	....	additional boom operator
Kelly Doran	....	sound utility
Robert Fernandez	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Roberto Fernandez)
Dror Gescheit	....	sound re-recordist
Heather Gross	....	sound effects editor
Harry Higgins	....	sound re-recordist
Bobby Johanson	....	adr mixer
Avi Laniado	....	sound mix technician
Jane McCulley	....	adr editor
Igor Nikolic	....	assistant sound editor
Eliza Paley	....	supervising sound editor
Jay Peck	....	foley artist (as Jack Peck)
Eric Potter	....	sound effects recordist
John Pritchett	....	sound mixer
David M. Roberts	....	boom operator
Steve F.B. Smith	....	sound consultant: Dolby
Eric Strausser	....	sound effects recordist
Bill Sweeney	....	foley supervisor (as William Sweeney)
Dominick Tavella	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robert Troeller	....	sound mix technician (as Bob Troeller)

Efectos especiales
Judson Bell	....	key special effects
Alfredo Cairo	....	special effects technician
Steven Kirshoff	....	special effects supervisor (as Steve Kirshoff)
Gregory Morell	....	special effects coordinator (as Greg Morell)

Visual Effects
John Baker	....	CG artist: Furious FX
Bryan Chavez	....	CG artist: Furious FX
Sarah Coatts	....	visual effects producer: main & end title sequences: yU+co.
Erin M. Cullen	....	rotoscope artist: Furious FX (as Erin Cullen)
Scott Dougherty	....	visual effects executive producer: Furious FX
David Lingenfelser	....	visual effects supervisor: Furious Fx
Kevin Lingenfelser	....	creative supervisor: Furious FX
Chris MacKinnon	....	CG artist: Furious FX
Erin L. Nelson	....	digital restoration
Sean O'Connor	....	compositor: Furious FX
Mark Shoaf	....	CG supervisor: Furious FX
Tracy Takahashi	....	visual effects producer: Furious FX
Christine Cram	....	digital paint artist (uncredited)
Tiffany Smith	....	visual effects producer: Furious FX (uncredited)
Wilson Tang	....	digital restoration (uncredited)

Especialistas
Chris Barnes	....	stunt driver
Rosie Bernhard	....	stunt performer
Chick Bernhardt	....	stunt performer
Jared Burke	....	stunt performer
Barbara Lee-Belmonte	....	stunt performer
Paul Marini	....	stunt performer
Tina Mckissick	....	stunt performer
Jeff Medeiros	....	stunt performer
Anthony Molinari	....	stunt performer
Dino Muccio	....	stunt performer
Erik Solky	....	stunt double: Dan
Rick Sordelet	....	stunt coordinator
Shawnna Thibodeau	....	stunt driver
Sabine Varnes	....	stunt double: Marie
William DeCoff	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Erik Solky	....	assistant stunt coordinator (uncredited)

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Faires Anderson	....	Steadicam operator (as Faires Anderson Sekiya)
Faires Anderson	....	camera operator: "b" camera (as Faires Anderson Sekiya)
Robert Barocci	....	director of photography: second unit
Eric Boyle	....	key rigging grip
Tony Campenni	....	dolly grip: "a" camera
Lon Caracappa	....	generator operator
Geoff Dann	....	lamp operator
Suzanne Dietz	....	camera loader
Julie Donovan	....	first assistant camera
Jennifer Evans	....	company grip (as Jen Evans)
Bill Floyd	....	additional first assistant camera (as William Floyd)
Daniel C. Gold	....	camera operator: "a" camera (as Dan Gold)
Bryan Haigh	....	second assistant camera (as Bryan G. Haigh)
Brendan Keefe	....	best boy rigging electric
Tom Keenan	....	lamp operator (as Tom 'TK' Keenan)
Robert Kelly	....	company grip
Jeffrey King	....	company grip
Michael Kowalczyk	....	camera production assistant
Peter Kuttner	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
David Larue	....	dolly grip: "b" camera (as David LaRue)
Charles Laughon	....	video assist operator
Bill LeClair	....	company grip
Mark A. Lewis	....	lamp operator (as Mark Lewis)
Scott Maguire	....	additional first assistant camera
Jack McPhee	....	lamp operator (as John F. McPhee)
David Norris	....	aerial director of photography (as Dave Norris)
Brian A. Pitts	....	rigging gaffer (as Brian Pitts)
David Puopolo	....	best boy rigging grip
Daryl Richardson	....	key rigging grip
Ryan Rodriguez	....	lamp operator
Darrin Smith	....	best boy electric
Jeff Tanger	....	rigging electric
John Velez	....	gaffer (as John G. Velez)
Warren Weberg	....	best boy grip (as Warren A. Weberg)
William M. Weberg	....	key grip
Merie Weismiller Wallace	....	still photographer
Thom Willey	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Woody Bell	....	additional rigging grip (uncredited)
Jason Bowen	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Aimee Butterfield	....	grip (uncredited)
Rick Cardillo	....	electrician (uncredited)
Robert Clark	....	electrician (uncredited)
Joshua Dreyfus	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)
Eric Goddard	....	electrician (uncredited)
Dan Hutchinson	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)
Jessica Jennings	....	electrician (uncredited)
Eric Komar	....	grip (uncredited)
Michael Kowalczyk	....	camera intern (uncredited)
Ed Lalli	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)
JD Leedham	....	additional grip (uncredited)
Gordon D. Manson	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)
James R. Mitchell	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)
David C. Romano	....	grip (uncredited)
Travis Trudell	....	rigging grip (uncredited)
Ivar Weberg	....	grip (uncredited)

Departamento de reparto
Tiffany Little Canfield	....	casting associate
Will Cantler	....	casting
David H. Kramer	....	adr voice casting
Anne Mulhall	....	extras casting: LDI Casting
Carolyn Pickman	....	extras casting: CP Casting
Chris Scheeren	....	casting assistant
David Vaccari	....	casting
Grant Wilfley	....	extras casting: New York
Stephanie Yankwitt	....	casting assistant
Matt Bouldry	....	casting assistant (uncredited)
Stacey Tanner	....	casting production assistant (uncredited)

Departamento de vestuario
Sarah Annabella Altman	....	additional costumer (as Sarah Mink)
Hillary Derby	....	costumer
Parrish Kennington	....	set costumer
Maili Lafayette	....	set costumer
Molly O'Haver	....	costumer
Janna Pederson	....	stitcher
Barbara Dalton Rotundo	....	costume production assistant (as Barbara Rotundo)
Hope Slepak	....	costume supervisor
Jodi B. Stone	....	tailor
Tina Ulee	....	additional costumer
Taryn Weaver	....	key set costumer (as Taryn Walsh Weaver)

Departamento de Edición
Brian Boyd	....	high-definition preview artist
Jen Choi	....	post-production assistant
Janet Gaynor	....	first assistant editor
Scott Gregory	....	digital film colorist: Technicolor Digital Intermediate
Mike Mertens	....	color timer
Carl S.G. Moore	....	digital intermediate producer: Technicolor Digital Intermediate (as Carl Moore)
Alexis Wiscomb	....	post-production coordinator
Mark Sahagun	....	digital intermediate editor (uncredited)

Departamento de Música
Kato Ådland	....	score engineer
Kato Ådland	....	score recordist
Sonny Kompanek	....	music arranger
Sonny Kompanek	....	orchestrator
Sondre Lerche	....	music arranger
Sondre Lerche	....	orchestrator
Debora Lilavois	....	assistant music editor
Lawrence Manchester	....	score engineer
Lawrence Manchester	....	score mixer
Lawrence Manchester	....	score recordist
Sandra Park	....	music contractor (as Sandy Park)
Mike Patrick	....	assistant music editor
Dana Sano	....	music supervisor
Shari Schwartz	....	supervising music editor (as Shari L. Johanson)
Jason Stasium	....	score engineer
Jason Stasium	....	score mixer
Jason Stasium	....	score recordist
Jørgen Treen	....	score engineer (as Jorgen Traeen)
Jørgen Treen	....	score recordist (as Jorgen Traeen)
Libby Umstead	....	assistant to music supervisor (as Elizabeth Umstead)
Missy Webb	....	assistant score engineer
Joseph Magee	....	music pre-recording engineer (uncredited)

Departamento de Transporte
Robert Buckman	....	transportation co-captain
Michael Hyde	....	transportation coordinator (as Mike Hyde)

Otros miembros del equipo
Diana Ascher	....	post-production accountant
Laura Berning	....	location scout
Maria T. Bierniak	....	location manager
Felix Chen	....	payroll accountant
Sarah Connolly	....	assistant production coordinator
Dianne Dreyer	....	script supervisor
Susan Ehrhart	....	production coordinator
Catherine Feeny	....	set production assistant
Ethan Fox	....	assistant craft service
Marci Graber	....	second assistant accountant
Gideon Jacobs	....	adr loop group
Michael E. Jacobson	....	key set production assistant
Lindsay Jaeger	....	dailies coordinator
Michael Johnson	....	first assistant accountant
Ann Kiker	....	location scout
Mark Killian	....	set production assistant
Connie Kim	....	assistant: Mr. Epstein
Kenneth LaFayette	....	production accountant (as Kenneth J. Lafayette)
Kevin Lang	....	office production assistant
Harry Lapham	....	set production assistant
Scott Levine	....	unit publicist
Emily Lysaght	....	assistant: Ms. Winkler-Ioffreda
Ian MacGregor	....	assistant location manager
Jack McCullough	....	first aid
Lindsay Medeiros	....	accounting clerk
Carolyn Miller	....	adr loop group
Katie Murphy	....	production secretary (as Katie M. Murphy)
Kip Myers	....	location scout
Michael Peavey	....	helicopter pilot (as Mike Peavey)
Aggie Perkins	....	trainer: Ms. Binoche and Mr. Cook
Shannon Petranoff	....	assistant: Mr. Shestack and Mr. Epstein
Jeff Pinette	....	film courier
Peggy Plessas	....	dialogue coach: Ms. Binoche (as Peg Hall-Plessas)
Brian Podnos	....	adr loop group
Jason Quimby	....	location production assistant
Brad Robinson	....	set production assistant
Marie Rodriguez	....	assistant production coordinator
Marie Rodriguez	....	travel coordinator
Alicia Sable	....	adr loop group
Michelle Sarama	....	post-production accountant
Jacquie Saul	....	studio teacher
Jonathon Schermerhorn	....	office production assistant (as Jon Schermerhorn)
Krista Selvaggio	....	set teacher
Krista Selvaggio	....	studio teacher
Tony Shaff	....	assistant: Mr. Hedges
Alan Simon	....	studio teaching administrator: On Location Education
Joanna Spears	....	second assistant accountant
Tracy Spiegel	....	craft service (as Tracy R. Spiegel)
Daniel Stangl	....	production intern
Jeremy Stein	....	assistant: Mr. Shestack
Briana Taylor	....	set production assistant
Benjamin Thomas	....	location scout (as Ben Thomas)
Eoin Walsh	....	location assistant
Nate Winslow	....	set production assistant
Makalia Zimick	....	adr loop group
Jason Anthony	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Kirsten Babich	....	photo double (uncredited)
Anthony Bonello	....	set production assistant (uncredited)
Timmy DeCoff	....	photo double (uncredited)
T.J. Federico	....	stand-in: Dane Cook (uncredited)
Grady Justice	....	stand-in: Felipe Dieppa (uncredited)
Andrew L. Lanier	....	location scout (uncredited)
Kevin Maier	....	stand-in: Steve Carell (uncredited)
Russ Martin	....	film runner (uncredited)
Brandt McGuire	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Zoe Pauliks	....	photo double (uncredited)
Joe Piasecki	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Lygia Day Szelwach	....	teacher: New York (uncredited)

Gracias
Susan Bruce	....	special thanks
Donald L. Carcieri	....	grateful acknowledgment
Steven Feinberg	....	grateful acknowledgment
Patrick C. Foley	....	special thanks
Simon Hedges	....	special thanks
Joseph A. Montalbano	....	grateful acknowledgment
William J. Murphy	....	grateful acknowledgment
Kevin Raimer	....	special thanks (as Kevin E. Raimer)
Dorothy Raymond	....	thanks
Kirsten Schatz	....	special thanks

Compañías Productores

• Touchstone Pictures
• Focus Features
• Dan In Real Life Productions

Distribuidores

• CatchPlay (2008) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Focus Features (2007) (non-USA) (theatrical)
• Bazuca Films (2008) (Chile) (all media)
• Blue Sky Media (2007) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Concorde Filmverleih (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Concorde Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• D Productions (2007) (Turkey) (all media)
• Discovery Film & Video Distribution (2008) (Croatia) (all media)
• Eagle Pictures (2008) (Italy) (theatrical)
• EuropaCorp. Distribution (2008) (France) (theatrical)
• FS Film Oy (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• Fox-Warner (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Gativideo (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Icon Film Distribution (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2007) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Paradise Group (2007) (Russia) (all media)
• RCV Film Distribution (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Shaw Organisation (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2008) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Efectos especiales

• Furious FX (visual effects)
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates (opticals)

Otras Compañías

• ARRI / Camera Service Center  lighting equipment (as ARRI/CSC)
• Behind the Scenes Freight  shipping by
• C.P. Casting  extras casting (as CP Casting)
• David Kramer's Looping Group  background vocals
• Duper Studio  score recorded and mixed at
• Getty Images  photographs courtesy of
• Gjoa Studios  score recorded and mixed at
• Gotham Sound  sound equipment
• LDI Casting  extras casting
• Legacy Recording Studios  score recorded and mixed at
• Movie Movers  production trailers
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• Movie Movers  transportation
• On Location Education  studio teaching administration
• Orbit Digital  high-definition preview services
• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• Post Factory NY  post-production facilities
• Reel Chefs Catering  catering
• Sound One Corporation  re-recorded at (as Sound One Corp.)
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  digital intermediate
• Technicolor  prints
• Trevanna Post  post-production accounting
• Virgin Records  soundtrack
• yU+Co.  main and end titles designed by

También conocida como:

Como la vida misma (Spain) (TV title) [es]
Dan en la vida real (Mexico) [es]
Dani, un tipo de suerte (Argentina) [es]
Mi hermano, yo y nuestra novia (Peru) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some innuendo.

Duración:

98 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Taiwan:GP | Singapore:PG | Ireland:PG | Malaysia:U | Australia:PG | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Hong Kong:IIA | South Korea:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43598) | Germany:o.Al. | Sweden:Btl | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:6 | Finland:K-7 | Argentina:Atp | UK:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

New Jersey, USA

Compañía:

Touchstone Pictures

Trivialidades:

The movie was filmed in actual house in Rhode Island, where the cast spent a great deal of time bonding and rehearsing before filming began.

Errores:

Continuidad: When Marie is making pancakes, she picks up the syrup to pour on Dan's pancakes with her left hand and starts to pour, then in the next shot she is pouring with her right hand.

Citas:

Dan Burns: Instead of telling our young people to plan ahead, we should tell them to plan to be surprised.

Conexiones de Película:

References Heaven Can Wait (1943)

Banda de Sonido:

Hell No

A Delightful Treat for Adults

The most satisfying element about "Dan in Real Life" is that the relationship between Dan (Steve Carell) and Marie (Juliette Binoche) makes sense and is beautifully realistic. The casting of Oscar-winner Juliette Binoche as Dan's love interest was a superb decision; she is exceptionally talented, intelligent, naturally attractive and, thank goodness, appropriately aged for the part! Had this movie been made with Jessica Alba or Scarlett Johansson, it would have been a disaster.

Another wonderful aspect about "Dan in Real Life" is that it is a perfect film for adults who are interested in a mature comedy that leaves out the three pillars of the "frat pack" formula: dumb chicks, chauvinistic guys, and sleazy jokes. "Dan in Real Life" is witty and has fun, intelligent laughs throughout. Whereas other comedies incorporate or are almost entirely based on jokes that shock the audience into laughing, the jokes from "Dan in Real Life" are more natural and clever, and involve some thinking on the part of the audience.

My only problem with "Dan in Real Life" is that the rebellious, middle daughter is played too outrageously by actress Brittany Robertson. It's difficult to say if this was a personal choice on her part or a choice by the director. Either way, her character is unrealistic and annoying. But, this is only a minor flaw in the film, and does not take away from the story as a whole.

All in all, "Dan in Real Life" is a great film, a fantastic escape from the redundancy of offensive and dumbed-down comedies. The quality of the writing, directing, acting, and (especially) cinematography is excellent. It is simply a beautiful, light-hearted comedy.