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Flirting With Disaster VHS

Ben Stiller (Actor), Patricia Arquette (Actor), David O. Russell (Director, Writer) Rated:
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Format: VHS Tape
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 484 ratings
IMDb6.7/10.0
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Sometimes a filmmaker's second movie gets labeled as a sophomore slump. David O. Russell (Spanking the Monkey) shreds that fate with Flirting with Disaster, an outrageous, free-spirited comedy about private people forced into public situations. Mel Coplin (Ben Stiller) finds the opportunity he's been waiting a lifetime for: an adoption agency rep (Téa Leoni) has located his birth parents and the agency will fly him to California if they can record the reunion. With wife Nancy (Patricia Arquette) and new son in tow, the neurotic Mel is compelled to discover his origins, despite the protests of his neurotic adoptive parents (a wonderful Mary Tyler Moore and George Segal). To give away the plot any more would be a crime, but as the title states, Mel is on a collision course of Oedipal proportions. Russell, who made incest an intriguing black-comedy topic in Spanking, is very liberal with sex and permits dangerous situations. His characters mix it up at a moment's notice. The two women along for the ride are not just bit players: Leoni (Deep Impact) keeps her high-energy comic routine flying, while the grounded Arquette keeps the baby in arm, despite the mad wanderings of her husband. Stiller is a perfect comic foil. --Doug Thomas

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  • Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.32 x 4.19 x 1.12 inches; 6.13 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ David O. Russell
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 32 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ November 4, 1997
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ December 7, 2006
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Ben Stiller, Patricia Arquette, Téa Leoni, Mary Tyler Moore, George Segal
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Walt Disney Video
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Bob Weinstein, Christopher Goode, Dean Silvers, Harvey Weinstein, Kerry Orent
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 6304345062
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ David O. Russell
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 484 ratings

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Olaf Lechler
5.0 out of 5 stars This movie makes me tear with laughter!
Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2010
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I don't normally write reviews because I'm a very lazy person, but I just bought this collector's edition dvd which I haven't received yet but wanted to share to anybody who loves dark witty humor, don't miss this movie, it makes me laugh since the 1st minute till the last! Mary Taylor Moore should have received an award for this film, the hole cast is perfect! and the scene that makes me cry more is when stiller brakes the glass animal collection from the 1st family they visit, and they are picking the pieces from the floor, he picks one piece and the mother says "oh that's the dog's tale" so he throws it away and she goes "don't throw it!" man, don't ask me why but that scene makes me roll on the floor, the hole movie is full of this small details that make it brilliant, a brilliant comedy! Don't miss it!Hope the extras in the dvd are good, I had the old copy and it sucked big time!
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Jacqueline S Stein
5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious
Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2023
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Funniest movie ever!
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Barbara A. Rues
5.0 out of 5 stars Crazy Funny!!!
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2015
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In search of his birth parents, a new father, his wife, baby, and too-sexy adoption agency worker, go on a wild ride across country and back, proving, among other things, that you really should be careful what you wish for! This movie was hilarious and kept throwing surprises at you. Amazing cast outdoes itself, and tho I usually go in the opposite direction when I see Ben Stiller, he's perfect in this. I've seen it 5 or 6 times and still enjoy watching it with friends who haven't seen it yet! When you find a movie you've never heard of and give it a try, it often turns out there's a reason, it's just not good. This little secret gem is an exception to that rule!
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Nikki
3.0 out of 5 stars Funny
Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2023
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A little odd but funny.
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greg
4.0 out of 5 stars Very funny, off-the-wall comedy
Reviewed in the United States on June 27, 2018
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Very funny, off-the-wall comedy. Eccentric. Mary Tyler Moore and especially Lily Tomlin are hilarious.Concerns a guy(Ben Stiller) who was adopted and wants to find his real parents. Everybody in this plays a distinct character with unique quirks and does it really well. Its well-written and moves quickly! Bizarre stuff is common in this movie. Recommended.
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David E. Gregson
5.0 out of 5 stars A comic masterpiece
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2013
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Screwball comedy at its best with a fantastic cast! Every gag works and director David O. Russell displays a tremendous sense of comic timing in the cutting and editing of scenes, but he also seems to let his actors do what they want. One thinks of Robert Altman. Lili Tomlin and Alan Alda are priceless as Ben Stiller's drug-dealing "real" birth parents, and George Segal and Mary Tyler Moore are hysterical as the fussy and irritable adoptive parents. Simply delicious plot complications. Josh Brolin and Richard E. Jenkins are memorably funny as married-to-each-other Federal agents. Tea Leoni is perfect as the ditzy adoption counselor, and Patricia Arquette works beautifully as Stiller's almost infinitely tolerant wife with a babe in arms.
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Alf
1.0 out of 5 stars REALLY BAD!!
Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2021
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I need to get my dish re-aimed, and soon, so I stop ordering bad movies!!! I'm glad this movie did not cost anymore than it did. The previews made it look like it would be funny, it wasn't, it was more dumb than funny. The ending??? It's like the movie ended in the middle of the story!! 🥱🙄 Good thing though, I wouldn't of been able to keep watching if it kept going.
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Edmundo Silva
5.0 out of 5 stars Funny
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2023
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Recommended.
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Manuel
1.0 out of 5 stars Descripción del artículo engañosa
Reviewed in Mexico on November 7, 2019
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La descripción del artículo menciona que SÍ tiene subtítulos en español, y no es verdad, la película NO tiene subtítulos en español.
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max 64
2.0 out of 5 stars premiere fois que je suis deçu par momox
Reviewed in France on August 1, 2020
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DVD acheté d'occasion chez momox et la lecture vers la fin saute .
c'est du a une belle trace sur le DVD .
première fois que je suis déçu par momox .fr .
le DVD a 12 ans , mais même si il est d'occasion doit pouvoir
être lu correctement .
film que j'avais déjà vu et qui m'aurait fait plaisir de revoir sans
petits problèmes de lecture finale .
ce coup ci deux étoiles seulement .
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Canada on May 15, 2017
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Great movie at a great price.
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Filmaddict
5.0 out of 5 stars US-amerikanische, soziale Probleme extrem witzig auf die Schippe genommen
Reviewed in Germany on June 9, 2016
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Was einem jungen Mann, der in glücklicher Ehe gerade Vater geworden ist, so Alles passieren kann. Er wurde als Kind von seinen "indisponierten" Eltern zur Adoption freigegeben. Über der Frage, welchen Namen sein kleiner Sprössling erhalten sollte, erwacht sein Interesse, jene ausfindig zu machen. Dabei "hilft" ihm eine junge Studentin, die seinen Fall zum Gegenstand ihrer Doktorarbeit machen möchte. Die Suche führt sie kreuz und quer durch die USA und gleitet von einem Missgeschick, Irrtum und Wirrsal in das andere, bis sie in komplettem Chaos endet. Die Geschichte ist irrwitzig ausgedacht, die Charaktere treffen aus allen möglichen Extremen zusammen, ein Slapstick jagt den anderen und die Dialoge strotzen von entlarvender Komik. Es gibt Höhepunkte, bei denen man nicht mehr weiß, wie man sein Lachen noch steigern soll. Die Darsteller sind ausgezeichnet ausgesucht und geben ihr Bestes. Ich liebe die Arquette und finde sie ungewöhnlich attraktiv, aber auch die Leoni ist bildhübsch. Es wird kein kritisches Thema ausgelassen: die Judenfrage, Drogensucht, Homophilie, Kriminalität und eheliche Treue werden behandelt. Das Ganze geht aus wie's Hornberger Schießen, aber man hat doch Einiges über die soziale Realität in 'God's own Country' erfahren. Ein Film, der Tote wecken könnte und garantiert sicher gegen Depri wirken dürfte.
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福原 真二
4.0 out of 5 stars 良好
Reviewed in Japan on December 25, 2020
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良好
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