Dan in Real Life vs Dreaming of Lions
Dreaming of Lions has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.6/10 for Dan in Real Life). Dreaming of Lions is the shorter watch at 1h 25m compared with 1h 38m. Dan in Real Life is the older of the two (2007 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dan in Real Life
Dreaming of Lions| Dan in Real Life | Dreaming of Lions | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.6/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2007 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 1h 25m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Peter Hedges | Paolo Marinou-Blanco |
| Main cast | Jessica Hecht, Emily Blunt, Norbert Leo Butz, Amy Ryan, Juliette Binoche | Denise Fraga, Joana Ribeiro, Toni Gomila, Roberto Bomtempo, João Nunes Monteiro |
Synopsis
Dan in Real Life
Advice columnist Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent to three precocious daughters. Things get even more complicated when Dan finds out that the woman he falls in love with is actually his brother's new girlfriend.
Dreaming of Lions
Gilda is terminally ill. Her only wish is to die without pain, and as all her suicide attempts comically fail, she decides to seek professional help.
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