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Flirter avec les embrouilles

Original title: Flirting with Disaster
  • 1996
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
21K
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Patricia Arquette, Téa Leoni, Mary Tyler Moore, and Ben Stiller in Flirter avec les embrouilles (1996)
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A young man, his wife, and his incompetent case worker travel across country to find his birth parents.A young man, his wife, and his incompetent case worker travel across country to find his birth parents.A young man, his wife, and his incompetent case worker travel across country to find his birth parents.

  • Director
    • David O. Russell
  • Writer
    • David O. Russell
  • Stars
    • Ben Stiller
    • Patricia Arquette
    • Téa Leoni
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    21K
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    • Director
      • David O. Russell
    • Writer
      • David O. Russell
    • Stars
      • Ben Stiller
      • Patricia Arquette
      • Téa Leoni
    • 122User reviews
    • 44Critic reviews
    • 82Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 10 nominations total

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    Ben Stiller
    Ben Stiller
    • Mel Coplin
    Patricia Arquette
    Patricia Arquette
    • Nancy Coplin
    Téa Leoni
    Téa Leoni
    • Tina Kalb
    Mary Tyler Moore
    Mary Tyler Moore
    • Pearl Coplin
    George Segal
    George Segal
    • Ed Coplin
    Alan Alda
    Alan Alda
    • Richard Schlichting
    Lily Tomlin
    Lily Tomlin
    • Mary Schlichting
    Richard Jenkins
    Richard Jenkins
    • Paul Harmon
    Josh Brolin
    Josh Brolin
    • Agent Tony Kent
    Celia Weston
    Celia Weston
    • Valerie Swaney
    Glenn Fitzgerald
    Glenn Fitzgerald
    • Lonnie Schlichting
    Beth Stern
    Beth Stern
    • Jane
    • (as Beth Ostrosky)
    Cynthia LaMontagne
    Cynthia LaMontagne
    • Sandra
    • (as Cynthia Lamontagne)
    David Patrick Kelly
    David Patrick Kelly
    • Fritz Boudreau
    John Ford Noonan
    John Ford Noonan
    • Mitch
    Charlet Oberly
    • B&B Lady
    Nadia Dajani
    Nadia Dajani
    • Jill
    Don Creech
    Don Creech
    • Cop #1
    • Director
      • David O. Russell
    • Writer
      • David O. Russell
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    User reviews122

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    9pewterring

    Hilarious!

    This is one of the few movies I find seriously funny. Stiller, Leoni, Moore, everyone does a killer job, and humor emerges from a variety of silly-crazy and intellectual sources, so you can respect yourself when you laugh. Human neuroses give rise to a lot of sympathetic laughter. Most of it is human frailty and absurdity. Tea Leoni is hilarious, and does a great job of getting on your nerves, and trying to get into Stiller's pants behind his wife's back while still being completely neurotic and self-absorbed. Her psycho-babble is highly effective. Stiller plays the usual awkward introspective man who lacks self confidence. His parents are magnificent, and so are his 'real' parents. I loved it. highly recommended. What else are you going to watch?
    tedg

    Doesn't Belong

    I'm amazed at how much context matters when watching movies. I saw this when it was new and was impressed at how gently it moved. It wasn't frantic. It didn't rely on penis and excrement jokes. It mentions Jews comically but doesn't get mean. It deals with relationships straightforwardly: the humor from this end coming from our unease at natural misfits.

    In short, it is everything that the "Fockers" movies aren't. I went back and watched it simply out of protest, out of feeling slimy from having to encounter them again.

    And I was shocked that it seemed too slow until the third act. Part of the problem was that I knew where it was going, and much of the development depends on you having the same insecurity about the future as Stiller's character. But the larger part was simply that subtle, soft humor may be dead, even for someone like me who thrives on the slight brush.

    Perhaps now "50 First Dates" is as soft as we can get these days.

    I urge you to see this for a dive into gentle humor, even though it may be too faded. Screwball keeps. This stuff doesn't. It is a film that doesn't belong about a man who doesn't.

    Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.
    bob the moo

    Amusing with well written characters making it more than a road movie farce

    Mel Coplin has a child with Nancy but has yet to name him because Mel feels he cannot give a name until he has met his real parents. Mel approaches the adoption agency and meets Tina, who wants to go with Mel as he meets his parents. Mel, Nancy, Tina and the baby set out on a road trip to met Mel's mother. However when he finds that the agency has made a mistake it sparks a wider search for his real parents.

    I taped this film because I have seen several other films by the same director and wanted to give this a shot on the strength of those works. I knew it was a comedy but had no other notion what it was about. At first the plot is worrying because it looks like a dumb road trip movie, however the characters and plot ensure it is more than just that. The plot is basically nothing more than a device for the characters to be themselves and provide the comedy themselves rather than just trough action. The comedy does also work through actions but many of the characters are well enough written to be funny within themselves.

    The acting is good on the whole. Stiller gives his usual performance that will be familiar to anyone who has seen Cable Guy, Meet The Parents etc. Arquette is OK and Leoni is sexy if pretty uninteresting. Jenkins steals every scene he is in as the uptight cop. And on that point, how very refreshing to see gay characters in a comedy who aren't flaming stereotypes! Alda, Tomlin, Tyler Moore and Segal are all hilarious in their parental roles and do much more than just provide famous faces.

    Overall I found this to be very amusing if not hilarious. The plot holds up well for a road movie but it's the well written characters who carry the majority of the film easily and regularly funny even if it is a little far fetched at points.
    7selfedluke

    Another O'Russel Gem

    A truly unique comedy, haven't seen anything like it other than I Heart Huckabees, which O'Russel made a decade later. A neurotic man escapes from his neurotic family to go on a cross country search for his biological parents. Along the way we deal with his neurotic girlfriend and the neurotic families he encounters as he tries to find his true parents, whom are also neurotics.

    The characters are non-stop nutty and their flaws are unique and hilarious. They talk over each other constantly and never seem to be really 'conversing' with each other other than pointing out each other flaws. All these moments were done well by O'Russel and he really nailed the talking-past-each other flexing that neurotics have when in a group together.

    Only complaint is that the movie kinda overdoses on itself and barely leaves room for the audience to breath. The group-fighting gets tiresome/doesn't work in a couple of scenes but a hilarious ending makes it all worth it.
    cabaret_emcee

    Why or why not is `Flirting with Disaster' a typical Hollywood movie?

    `Flirting with Disaster' is definitely a typical Hollywood movie in many aspects but not in all of them. It fits the form of classical cinema or classical paradigm in that the director, David O. Russell, does not get distracted from telling the story with filmmaking techniques. It is a clear and precise comedy that never leaves the characters in action, and is done so in a way that works unlike many other films of this genre released today. The film is structured narratively, with a clearly defined conflict from the very beginning. Ben Stiller shines in his performance as a neurotic new father who is trying desperately to find his biological parents in order to name his newborn son. At one point in the film the viewer begins to become anxious and wonder if the same problem for the protagonist, Stiller, is going to continue on in the same form as it has in the past half of the movie, but luckily Russell then changes the flow of the film and brings it to a much more comedic finish than the first half.

    The photography is shot in full and long shots throughout most of the movie. Russell must have used deep-focus shots when filming because the surrounding background is clear around the characters, using a wide-angle or short lens. The characters are never off of the screen except for a few instances when we see a plane flying or a car driving and then we have voice-overs. The dialogue is always continuous- there is never a break in the script which works well because the screenplay is well written and clever on its insights on the little inconveniences of everyday life. Although all of these events are too unbelievable too happen all at once, they are all real life comedic situations that could happen to anyone. When compiled together with this plot line, we have this film before us.

    Although this is a typical movie in the sense that it does not break any barriers or do anything creatively in its techniques in telling the story, the plot and screenplay do enough justice in making the film entertaining for the audience and one of those films you can just sit down, relax, and have fun viewing because it makes sense and fits together. This aspect is not like many Hollywood films released today, with their gaping holes that leave the viewer feeling unfulfilled. Altogether this was a good film, even though it did fit many of the typical Hollywood stereotypes.

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    • Trivia
      According to Lily Tomlin, Ben Stiller and David O. Russell did not get along and had many heated arguments.
    • Goofs
      Cameraman visible in mirror in detectives office.
    • Quotes

      Mr. Coplin: San Diego has a big carjacking problem. They bump you, and when you stop, they mutilate you and take your car.

    • Alternate versions
      The VHS and laserdisc versions (but not the DVD release) feature additional scenes during the end credits, not included in the original theatrical cut, showing the whereabouts of Tina and Tony and Paul.
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Diabolique/It's My Party/Flirting with Disaster/Girl 6/Little Indian, Big City (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      Anything But Love
      Written by Don Raleigh/Squirrel Nut Zippers

      Performed by Squirrel Nut Zippers

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    • Release date
      • June 5, 1996 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Flirting with Disaster
    • Filming locations
      • Battle Creek, Michigan, USA
    • Production company
      • Miramax
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    • Budget
      • $7,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $14,702,438
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $164,458
      • Mar 24, 1996
    • Gross worldwide
      • $14,702,438
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 32m(92 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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