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Writer (WGA):
David O. Russell (written by)
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Release Date:
22 March 1996 (USA) more
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Have you flirted yet?
Plot:
A young man, his wife, and his incompetent case worker travel across country to find his birth parents. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win & 7 nominations more
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Outstanding black comedy; one of Stiller's best more (89 total)

Cast

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Ben Stiller ... Mel Coplin

Patricia Arquette ... Nancy Coplin

Téa Leoni ... Tina Kalb

Alan Alda ... Richard Schlichting

Mary Tyler Moore ... Pearl Coplin

George Segal ... Ed Coplin

Lily Tomlin ... Mary Schlichting

Josh Brolin ... Tony Kent

Richard Jenkins ... Paul Harmon
Celia Weston ... Valerie Swaney

Glenn Fitzgerald ... Lonnie Schlichting
Beth Ostrosky ... Jane
Cynthia Lamontagne ... Sandra

David Patrick Kelly ... Fritz Boudreau
John Ford Noonan ... Mitch
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Rated R for language, sexuality and a comic drug scene.
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92 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Tony calls Paul "Phil" when they are in the restaurant, just as Paul gets up to leave. more
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Mel: I don't think you know me well enough to call me "Neurotic Guy". more
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Outstanding black comedy; one of Stiller's best, 13 March 2003
Author: george.schmidt (george.schmidt@hbo.com) from fairview, nj

FLIRTING WITH DISASTER (1996) **** Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Tea Leoni, Alan Alda, Mary Tyler Moore, George Segal, Lily Tomlin, Richard Jenkins, Josh Brolin. Hilarious and wickedly sharp satire about a young man (Stiller in a memorable turn) searching for his identity by trying to locate his biological parents while alienating his neglected and lovely wife (the yummy Arquette) and Leoni (simply wonderful) as his adoption broker. Fine ensemble cast (especially Moore in an inconoclastic poke at her image) and Alda (ditto). Subversive good, clean fun and seriously dysfunctional family values (thank God!) from filmmaker David O. Russell beating the Sophomore Jinx (in this his second turn at the helm).

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