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Mood:
- HumorousWittyOffbeat
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Plot:
- Obsessive QuestTrack DownUncover TruthSelf DiscoveryParents and ChildrenLove and RomancePartnersCouples more...
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Genres:
- ComedyIndependent
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century90s
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Place:
- MichiganNew MexicoNew YorkUSA
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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Humor:
- FarceIrreverent Humor
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Style:
- All Star CastOn the Road
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Attitudes:
- Not SeriousRealistic
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Flirting with Disaster, 1996
English
USA
Profile of Flirting with Disaster
Flirting with Disaster can be described as witty, humorous, and offbeat. The plot revolves around tracking someone down, uncovering the truth, and an obsessive quest. Its comic aspect comes from farce and irreverent humor. Flirting with Disaster's main genres are comedy and independent. In terms of style, it features an all-star cast and has a road movie structure. In approach, it is not serious and realistic. Flirting with Disaster is located in Michigan, New Mexico, and New York. It takes place in the 1990s. The movie has received attention for being critically acclaimed.
Summary of Flirting with Disaster
Writer-director David O. Russell follows up his dark independent comedy SPANKING THE MONKEY with this hilarious romp about a man who goes on a quest to find his biological parents. Mel Coplin (Ben Stiller), a new father, is convinced that he won't be able to give his son a name until he reunites with his real mother and father. So Mel, his depressed, neglected wife, Nancy (Patricia Arquette), and a sexy adoption consultant named Tina (Tea Leoni) set out to find them. By the time they reach the New Mexico home of Mel's true parents (Alan Alda and Lily Tomlin)--two laid-back hippie scientists who are in the LSD business--Mel's marriage appears to be completely demolished. But the wackiness doesn't end there, since his neurotic, overbearing adoptive parents (George Segal and Mary Tyler Moore) arrive just in time to add even greater confusion to the mix.
Russell assembles a cast who have contributed greatly to the development of American screen comedy, and they throw themselves into their roles with great fervor. Commenting on identity, sexual and cultural prejudice, and the convention of marriage, Russell's script is a farcical laugh-fest that is at once intelligent, fast-paced, and witty. His assured, grounded direction makes FLIRTING WITH DISASTER's humor all the more outrageous and hysterical.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 22 March 1996 |
| Runtime: | 92 min |
Cast and Crew
as Mel Coplin
as Nancy Coplin
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- by: Staff (Not credited)
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- by: Elvis Mitchell
