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Flirting With Disaster

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Flirting With Disaster
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R,1hr 32min
Genre:
Comedy
Released:
March 22, 1996
Director:
David O. Russell
Distributor:
Walt Disney Video
Starring:
Patricia Arquette, Ben Stiller, Téa Leoni  ...more
Synopsis: In this satirical comedy, Mel Coplin (Ben Stiller) has a beautiful wife, Nancy (Patricia Arquette), and a four-month old son, and on the surface his life is good. But something's been troubling him: Mel knows he was adopted, and he can't resolve his issues with the mother who gave him away years ago, much to the annoyance of his adoptive parents (George Segal and Mary Tyler Moore). Mel decides it's time he met his birth parents and resolved his feelings once and for all, and Tina (Tea Leoni), a psychology ... Full Synopsis
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Richard Schickel, Time
Upon all these folks, writer-director David O. Russell turns a bland, almost anthropological eye. Nothing surprises him and nothing outrages him, except for bed-and-breakfast lodgings, about which, at last, his movie tells the terrible truth. [1 April 1996, p. 72] Full Review
Metascore
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81
Universal Acclaim
out of 100
Based on 16 critic reviews
Featured Cast
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Patricia Arquette
Nancy Coplin
Ben Stiller
Mel Coplin
Téa Leoni
Tina Kalb
Mary Tyler Moore
Mrs. Coplin
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