Flirting with Disaster (1996)
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)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Directed By: David O. Russell
Written By: David O. Russell
Starring: Ben Stiller, Alan Alda, Téa Leoni, Glenn Fitzgerald, Josh Brolin, Lily Tomlin, Patricia Arquette, Richard Jenkins, Mary Tyler Moore, George Segal, Celia Weston, David Patrick Kelly
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1. boobs (public: moderated by Pickpocket - 47 stars)
2. The Guardian's 1000 films to see before you die (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 27 stars)
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4. Edgar Wright 1000 Favorite Movies (Aug 2016) (public: moderated by Aron Ericson - 13 stars)
5. Male Gay Character(s) in a Non Gay-Themed Film (public: moderated by bobyang - 6 stars)
6. Sex Comedy (public: moderated by edkrak - 2 stars)
7. Adoption (public: moderated by mpowell - 1 star)
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Mary Tyler Moore's first scene had me worried I was gonna despise this movie, but it got more tolerable as it went along. It relies too much on the comedy of irrational people doing illogical things, and Russell has improved his sense of exhilarating chaos in subsequent films, but there's still some enjoyable aspects to it, and the cast is pretty good.
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| Nov 20, 2016 | Salba | 82 77% |
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A really solid, funny and engaging comedy. All the characters face similair crises in their relationships. The movie builds in its sense of crazy mishap adventure. Squarely within the screwball genre, so go in expecting that and you really won't be disappointed. Some of the conflict dialogue (especially from Arquette's character) does get a little too uncomfortable at times, where the veneer of comedy is broken. The roadtripping aspect made for a heightened sense of anticipation.
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AFlickering | 2 21% |
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surprised people seem to prefer the first hour as i had the opposite response - it's largely inept and trite until everything's amped up to 11 in the final act and russell finally seems like he knows what kind of film he's making. it's still pretty played out, but it's smoother and funnier and most importantly WEIRDER, the highlights being glenn fitzgerald's bizarre, terrible performance (MVP: the quail song), josh brolin licking an armpit and richard jenkins tripping his nuts on LSD.
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mattorama12 | 69 59% |
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Some really funny parts, but it gets a little too cartoonish at times. Brolin and Jenkins are probably the highlights, but the whole cast is pretty good.
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| Nov 19, 2015 | unclebruce | 95 94% |
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Couldn't finish it. Script is horrible, characters are loathsome, the story is nonsense. No matter where you dive into David O. Russell's career you find false substance and emptiness.
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Viewed July 19, 2015. Hilarious and odd comedy that never hits a dull moment across its running time. It's propelled by the kind of snappy energy that characterizes David O. Russell at his best, and held together by a dynamite cast. Russell is always praised for the performances he gets out of people, and this is maybe his best ensemble. A road trip comedy on steroids - or maybe, more accurately, LSD.
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Starts slow, and ends messily, yet I found it rather witty throughout, enough to keep a fairly consistent tone across the movie, enjoyable straight through. The story keeps escalating into more and more ridiculous situations, but the tone of the humor (and the performances) stays pretty flat throughout, which does feel a little jarring though.
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There is a term 'roaring twenties'. Watching movies from the 90's like this one a term 'retarded nineties' comes to mind. I lost count how many times watching this unfunny and unromantic rom-com I got the feeling that I must have misheard/mis-seen it. Watching Stiller getting blowjob while he's holding a baby in his arms was one of those moments. Cigarette companies must have paid well for all the smoking promotion, the last scene with pregnant woman smoking a cigarette was just wrong.
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