Flirting with Disaster
Adopted as a child, new father Mel Colpin (Ben Stiller) 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 (Patricia Arquette), and an inept yet gorgeous adoption agent, Tina (Tea Leoni), 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 (Josh Brolin, Richard Jenkins).
Comedy, Romance
Miramax Films
Ben Stiller as Mel Coplin, Patricia Arquette as Nancy Coplin, Téa Leoni as Tina Kalb, Mary Tyler Moore as Pearl Coplin, Alan Alda as Richard Schlichting, George Segal as Ed Coplin, Lily Tomlin as Mary Schlichting, Josh Brolin as Tomy Kent, Richard Jenkins as Paul Harmon, Celia Weston as Valerie Swaney, Glenn Fitzgerald as Lonnie Schlichting, Beth Ostrosky as Jane, Cynthia Lamontagne as Sandra, David Patrick Kelly as Fritz Boudreau, John Ford Noonan as Mitch, Charlet Oberly as B&B Lady, Nadia Dajani as Jill, Don Creech as Cop #1, Clarke Bittner as Cop #2, Tony Kruk as Detective, Jonathan Teague Cook as Sheriff, Steve Moreno as Deputy, Tori Davis as Flight Attendant, Shawn Michael Howard as Roger, Suzanne Snyder as Alternative Wife (unconfirmed)