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Flirting with Disaster
A comedy about sex, love, family and other accidents waiting to happen.
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.
- Original title
- Flirting with Disaster
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $7,000,000
- Revenue
- $14,702,438
AlfaVitaY2K
Jul 5, 2026 · via TMDB
The last great classic comedy of situations. They don’t make them like this anymore, because talented writers have left Hollywood after it switched from creating art to ideological propaganda bullshit in XXI century. Flirting with Disaster isn't just a funny 90s movie. You are witnessing the end of an era. It stands as the last true classic Comedy of Situations—a brilliant subgenre that has completely vanished from modern Hollywood. Unlike a standard sitcom or a joke-heavy spoof, a classic comedy of situations relies on a domino effect of escalating plot complications. This brilliant awkwardness works for fans of uncomfortable comedy, but is harder for a general audience to connect, who prefer the simplicity of There's Something About Mary (1998).
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Ben Stiller
Mel Coplin
Patricia Arquette
Nancy Coplin
Téa Leoni
Tina Kalb
Mary Tyler Moore
Pearl Coplin
George Segal
Ed Coplin
Alan Alda
Richard Schlichting
Lily Tomlin
Mary Schlichting
Richard Jenkins
Paul Harmon
Josh Brolin
Tony Kent
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Valerie Swaney
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Suzanne Snyder
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Judy Rhee
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Kevin Thompson
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Eric Alan Edwards
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David O. Russell
Director
Christopher Tellefsen
Editor
Risa Bramon Garcia
Casting
Bob Weinstein
Executive Producer
Harvey Weinstein
Executive Producer
Stephen Endelman
Original Music Composer
David O. Russell
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