Advice columnist Dan Burns (Steve Carell), single with three daughters, is great at giving advice to everyone but is dirt poor at following it himself. This film centres on a weekend getaway the Burns family make to their cottage where Dan unexpectedly finds himself falling in love with a very beautiful Marie (Juliette Binoche). What makes the romance more interesting and comic is that moment when Dan realises Marie is the current girlfriend of his brother Mitch (Dane Cook) and that she too is staying at the cottage. What results is a wonderful cat and mouse game as Dan and Marie try to carry on their romance with the entire family sharing a cottage. There are some genuinely funny moments in this film; the shower scene in particular. It is Carrell's movie and his transformation as a man, and father, through his relationship with Marie is a delight to watch.
My rating 7 out of 10.
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