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Flirting with Disaster

  • 1996
  • TMDB 6.2/10
  • 1h 33m

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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Overview

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.

Cast

  • 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

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