Dan in Real Life

Dan in Real Life Trivia

Largely based on co-writer Pierce Gardner's personal experiences on years going to summer vacations at Rehoboth Beach, Delaware with his wife's extended family.
The movie was filmed in an actual house in Rhode Island, where the cast spent a great deal of time bonding and rehearsing before filming began.
In one scene, Marie can be seen wearing a sweatshirt which says "Oak Park" on the front. John Mahoney has lived in Oak Park, IL for many years.
In Poland, the film was not only released two years after its world premiere, but also the title was changed completely ("Ja cie kocham a ty z nim" - roughly "I love and you are with him") in order to be similar to another movie, namely "While You Were Sleeping" ("Ja cie kocham a ty spisz").
The name of the central family in this film is Burns, just as in Peter Hedges (II) previous directorial effort Pieces of April.
The duet that Frank Wood and his wife perform in the family talent show is "La ci darem la mano" from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Don Giovanni". The duet is a seduction scene in which Don Giovanni convinces Zerlina to leave her fiancé.
SPOILER: Peter Hedges (II)' son, Lucas Hedges, has a cameo dancing with Dan's youngest daughter, Lilly, at the wedding.