Flirting with Disaster

David O. Russell’s imaginative story of the farce trip of Flirting with Disaster, though highly implausible, is hysterically spontaneous and profusely funny. Unlike most of Hollywood’s comedic productions, which rely solely on absurdity rather than content, Disaster blends legitimate tension with... Full review

This is not your normal movie. You've got to enjoy the quirk to appreciate it. I seldom laugh out loud at movies and I did that during this one. This movie is for folks who understand and enjoy subtle and dry... Full review

Flirting with Disaster is an irrverent, often clever and very funny film starring the priceless Ben Stiller as a grown man searching for his biological parents. He's about to have his first child with his wife, Patricia Arquette and yearns to... Full review

This movie is hilarious. Everyone in the film is neurotic and on full spaz the whole time. All kinds of bad stuff happens to them and then they try to sort it all out with their limited coping abilities. Great acting,... Full review

You can't beat a movie that features Mary Tyler Moore playing a crazed, right-wing, self-righteous mom who flashes her boobs to her own son to prove how well she's aged. No less entertaining are Lily Tomlin and Alan Alda playing a... Full review

David O Russell has some serious vision, and it is very apparent in this fun film. The direction is pheonomenal, what with the subtle comedic conversations between the quirky characters. The acting is great and very believeable even in such an... Full review

Not very good at all, Ben Stiller, Tea Leoni, Patricia Arquette. About Ben Stiller trying to find his parents, and then a whole bunch of events happen. REALLY bad.... Full review

One of the most intriguing thoughts about anyone that has been adopted, and knowing about it, is trying to imagine what the real parents are like. Since much of the search will not happen until the adopted children reach a... Full review

I have always thought that this represented the best of Ben Stiller's work to date (yes, even better than 'Something about Mary'). I laughed so hard I about broke a rib! You will too..... Full review

Watch it again, I want to. There were tons of very subtle remarks that were very clever and very, very funny. Alan Alda and Lily Tomlin are superb. Today, I realized what a fantastic actor Alan Alda is, very underrated.... Full review

You are not losing your vision. As with the second-tier satires of Robert Altman , you are grateful to the filmmaker for having brought all of these actors together, without always buying into what they are selling. ... Full Review

The cast of Flirting with Disaster deserves special mention. There's no doubting that it's a funny film. You can feel these characters' frustrations as each debacle unfolds, and you can even empathize with their anger. ... Full Review

Wants to be a wacky comedy with a side order of sentiment, and succeeds but only intermittently. ... Full Review

With the deft and delicious ``Flirting With Disaster,'' which comes out on video this week, writer/director David O. Russell not only matches but exceeds his promise. A screwball farce about family, parenthood and the risks of intimacy, ``Flirting'' stars Ben Stiller as Mel Coplin, a neurotic etymologist with a wife (Patricia Arquette), a 4-month-old son, and a fierce desire to find his birth parents. ... Full Review

Russell's anarchic comedy comes up with some doozy ideas, and some of the comedy is clever and on the mark. In some ways, Russell's entire movie plays like a '60s throwback, a culture-clash comedy that is willing to sacrifices laughs for the sake of being frenetic - performed with wild late-'60s/early-'70s-style abandon. ... Full Review

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Were Jerry Lewis to direct a screenplay by Charlie Kauffman, it might look something like "I ? Huckabees." As it happens, "?" is the eagerly anticipated new film by David O. Russell - and if he hadn't already named a ... Full Article

Flirting With Disaster - DVD- Written and directed by David O.Russell (THREE KINGS, SPANKING THE MONKEY), this hysterically original comedy was cheered by critics and audiences nationwide. ... Full Article

Mel Coplin is on a mission. Though he loves his beautiful wife, Nancy, and their new baby son, he feels his life is incomplete. What's missing is knowing the two people who brought him into this world--his biological parents. ... Full Article