Flirting with Disaster

Name: Flirting with Disaster
Genre: Comedy
Released: March 22, 1996
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 81
Cast: Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Téa Leoni

1996

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Flirting With Disaster

Movie Details & Credits

Miramax Films | Release Date: March 22, 1996

Starring: Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Téa Leoni

Summary: In a quest to find his biological parents, Mel Coplin (Stiller) -- joined by his wife (Arquette) and a sexy adoption counselor (Leoni) -- embarks on a cross country search for his "roots." (Miramax)

Director: David O. Russell

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 92 min

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10	#10 Best Movie of 1996
73	#73 Most Shared Movie of 1996

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San Francisco Chronicle - Edward Guthmann

A buoyant, picaresque farce that hums with goofy energy and mines enough ideas, jokes and setups for three movies of this description. Read full review

Washington Post - Desson Thomson

Flirting With Disaster, like that Energizer Bunny, keeps on going. But in this case, the perpetual motion is a deliciously hysterical rush. Read full review

The New York Times - Elvis Mitchell

Mr. Russell's wonderfully mad odyssey of a movie, in which a man sets out to find his biological parents and winds up meeting more weirdos than Alice found down the rabbit hole. Read full review

Variety - Staff (Not credited)

Although it eventually throws more balls in the air than it can easily juggle, Flirting with Disaster is, most of the time, a diabolically clever satire that has its way with any number of contemporary shiboleths. Read full review

Austin Chronicle - Steve Davis

Taking the concept of the dysfunctional family to a degree that might even boggle Leo Tolstoy's mind, Flirting With Disaster is every son or daughter's nightmare… multiplied. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine - Staff (Not credited)

Highly unlikely plot complications never once threaten to throw this remarkably amusing film off-track, thanks to the narrative intelligence of writer-director David O. Russell, the only member of the filmmaking bratpack who seems to understand how movies work and why they entertain. Read full review

Chicago Reader - Jonathan Rosenbaum

The results are watchable enough--sometimes funny, sometimes over the top--and fairly fresh, though also a bit calculated. Read full review

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