Flirting with Disaster

1996
15
1h 32m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

20K

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Patricia Arquette, Téa Leoni, and Ben Stiller in Flirting with Disaster (1996)

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Dark Comedy Road Trip Comedy

A young man, his wife, and his incompetent case worker travel across country to find his birth parents.A young man, his wife, and his incompetent case worker travel across country to find his birth parents.A young man, his wife, and his incompetent case worker travel across country to find his birth parents.

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

20K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 10 nominations total

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Featured review

8/10

Proper hearty belly laughs

Did not expect to laugh so much i have to say for a film that i had no idea existed and was made 24 years ago.

What got me interested was it being a David O Russell film i had not seen and his stuff i had seen was consistenly very good.

Dysfunction brought to the extreme. The line that best sums up this film would be "you come in here and lick my wife's armpit"

Excellent, cheered me right up it has!

BigJimNoFool
Sep 12, 2020
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Flirting With Disaster

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Trivia
According to Lily Tomlin, Ben Stiller and David O. Russell did not get along and had many heated arguments.

Goofs
Cameraman visible in mirror in detectives office.

Quotes
Mr. Coplin: San Diego has a big carjacking problem. They bump you, and when you stop, they mutilate you and take your car.

Alternate versions
The VHS and laserdisc versions (but not the DVD release) feature additional scenes during the end credits, not included in the original theatrical cut, showing the whereabouts of Tina and Tony and Paul.