Flirting with Disaster

Flirting with Disaster

A comedy about sex, love, family and other accidents waiting to happen.

Directed by David O. Russell

Produced by Miramax, Dean Silvers Productions

199693 min6.2 / 10

A high-energy road-trip farce that mines comedy from family dysfunction, mistaken identities, and romantic entanglement while maintaining genuine warmth beneath the chaos.

Adopted as a child, new father Mel Colpin decides he cannot name his son until he knows his birth parents, and determines to make a cross-country quest to find them. Accompanied by his wife, Nancy, and an inept yet gorgeous adoption agent, Tina, he departs on an epic road trip that quickly devolves into a farce of mistaken identities, wrong turns, and overzealous and love-struck ATF agents.

Questions people ask

  • Is Flirting with Disaster sad? Barely. Less sad than 89% of films.

  • Is Flirting with Disaster easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Does Flirting with Disaster end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is Flirting with Disaster violent? Not especially. Less violent than 73% of films.

  • Is Flirting with Disaster scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

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Rarity8

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Surprise69

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Love30

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