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Flirting with Disaster (1996)

R  92 min  -  Comedy   -  22 March 1996 (USA)
6.8
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Ratings: 6.8/10 from 9,352 users   Metascore: 81/100 
Reviews: 92 user | 52 critic | 16 from Metacritic.com

A young man, his wife, and his incompetent case worker travel across country to find his birth parents.

Director:

David O. Russell
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ben Stiller ...
Patricia Arquette ...
Téa Leoni ...
Mary Tyler Moore ...
George Segal ...
Ed Coplin
Alan Alda ...
Richard Schlichting
Lily Tomlin ...
Richard Jenkins ...
Paul Harmon
Josh Brolin ...
Agent Tony Kent
Celia Weston ...
Valerie Swaney
Glenn Fitzgerald ...
Lonnie Schlichting
Beth Ostrosky ...
Jane
Cynthia Lamontagne Cynthia Lamontagne ...
Sandra
David Patrick Kelly ...
Fritz Boudreau
John Ford Noonan John Ford Noonan ...
Mitch
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Storyline

Mel Coplin departs on a mission of discovery dragging his wife and 4 month old son behind. He and wife, Nancy, won't agree on a name for their son until adopted Mel gets in touch with his roots. He assures her that once he knows who he really is, the right name for their boy will be a snap. Enlisting the aid of student-psychologist and part-time adoption agent, Tina Kalb, they embark on a journey across the United States to find Mel's "birth" mother. "The best part," Mel tells Nancy, "is it's all free." Tina is finishing her dissertation and will film the happy reunion of mother and child as part of her research. For this privilege, she's footing the bill. His adoptive parents are left behind feeling abandoned by an ungrateful son. Clerical errors, mistaken identities, Nancy's misplaced high school friend and his gay lover, and a super-charged libido here and there are thrown into the mix along the way until... Written by MARK FLEETWOOD <mfleetwo@mail.coin.missouri.edu>  

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Have you flirted yet?

Genres:

Comedy

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, sexuality and a comic drug scene See all certifications »
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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Amori e disastri See more »

Filming Locations:

Battle Creek, Michigan, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$14,891,000 (USA)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Miramax Films See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Goofs

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): At the end of the movie, when they are at the jail, the baby goes from asleep to awake in different shots. See more »

Quotes

Mr. Coplin: Why is everyone getting worked up all of the sudden? I thought we were gunna talk about getting new carpeting. Taking out this crap and putting in the wall-to-wall.
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Connections

Referenced in "Yes, Dear: Flirtin' with Disaster (#3.17)" (2003) See more »