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Flirting with Disaster

1996 · 93 min

A chaotic, laugh-out-loud road trip full of awkward encounters and eccentric characters that keeps you smiling.

Tagline
A comedy about sex, love, family and other accidents waiting to happen.
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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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • parenthood
  • love
  • betrayal
Places
  • road trip
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour8
Realism7
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
David O. Russell
Written by
David O. Russell
Starring
Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Téa Leoni, Mary Tyler Moore, George Segal, Alan Alda, Lily Tomlin, Richard Jenkins
Music
Stephen Endelman
Cinematography
Eric Alan Edwards
Runtime
93 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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