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Dominican Rep. Flirting with Disaster
- Original title
- Flirting with Disaster
- Year
- 1996
- Running time
- 89 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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Ben Stiller
Patricia Arquette
Téa Leoni
Alan Alda
Lily Tomlin
Richard Jenkins
Josh Brolin
Mary Tyler Moore
George Segal- Glenn Fitzgerald
- John Ford Noonan
Nadia Dajani- Clarke Bittner
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy | Road Movie. Adoption. Family Relationships
- Synopsis
- A man goes on a quest to find his biological parents. Mel Coplin (Ben Stiller), a new father, is convinced that he won’t be able to give his son a name until he reunites with his real mother and father. So Mel, his depressed, neglected wife, Nancy (Patricia Arquette), and a sexy adoption consultant named Tina (Tea Leoni) set out to find them. By the time they reach the New Mexico home of Mels true parents (Alan Alda & Lily Tomlin)--two laid-back hippie scientists who are in the LSD business--Mel’s marriage appears to be completely demolished. But the wackiness doesnt end there, since his neurotic, overbearing adoptive parents (George Segal & Mary Tyler Moore) arrive just in time to add even greater confusion to the mix.
- Awards
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1996: Independent Spirit Awards: 4 Nominations including Best Director1996: Satellite Awards: Nominated for Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical1996: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): nominated to Best Screenplay.
- Critics' reviews
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"Mr. Russell's wonderfully mad odyssey of a movie"
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"Not as corrosive as Russell's debut feature, "Spanking the Monkey," it's just as wild, just as strange, and even funnier."
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"Despite some expert performances --the picture remains as confused as its hero"
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The results are watchable enough--sometimes funny, sometimes over the top--and fairly fresh, though also a bit calculated. Read full review
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