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Flirting with Disaster

A comedy about sex, love, family and other accidents waiting to happen.

  • Movie
  • 1996
  • R
  • 1h 33m

Directed by David O. Russell

6.2

TMDB audience rating
6.2 out of 10 from 279 votes

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Overview

Adopted as a child, new father Mel Colpin decides he cannot name his son until he knows his birth parents, and determines to make a cross-country quest to find them. Accompanied by his wife, Nancy, and an inept yet gorgeous adoption agent, Tina, he departs on an epic road trip that quickly devolves into a farce of mistaken identities, wrong turns, and overzealous and love-struck ATF agents.

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Cast and crew

  • Ben Stiller

    Ben StillerMel Coplin

  • Patricia Arquette

    Patricia ArquetteNancy Coplin

  • Téa Leoni

    Téa LeoniTina Kalb

  • Mary Tyler Moore

    Mary Tyler MoorePearl Coplin

  • George Segal

    George SegalEd Coplin

  • Alan Alda

    Alan AldaRichard Schlichting

  • Lily Tomlin

    Lily TomlinMary Schlichting

  • Richard Jenkins

    Richard JenkinsPaul Harmon

  • Josh Brolin

    Josh BrolinTony Kent

  • Celia Weston

    Celia WestonValerie Swaney

  • Glenn Fitzgerald

    Glenn FitzgeraldLonnie Schlichting

  • Beth Stern

    Beth SternJane

  • Cynthia Lamontagne

    Cynthia LamontagneSandra

  • David Patrick Kelly

    David Patrick KellyFritz Boudreau

  • John Ford Noonan

    John Ford NoonanMitch

  • Charlet OberlyB&B Lady

  • Nadia Dajani

    Nadia DajaniJill

  • Don Creech

    Don CreechCop #1

Director
David O. Russell
Writer
David O. Russell
Music
Stephen Endelman
Cinematography
Eric Alan Edwards