Flirting with Disaster (1996)
A comedy about sex, love, family and other accidents waiting to happen.
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.
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Ben StillerMel Coplin
Patricia ArquetteNancy Coplin
Téa LeoniTina Kalb
Mary Tyler MoorePearl Coplin
George SegalEd Coplin
Alan AldaRichard Schlichting
Lily TomlinMary Schlichting
Richard JenkinsPaul Harmon
Josh BrolinTony Kent
Celia WestonValerie Swaney
Glenn FitzgeraldLonnie SchlichtingBeth OstroskyJaneKeywords
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What is Flirting with Disaster about?
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.
How long is Flirting with Disaster?
Flirting with Disaster has a runtime of 92 minutes.
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