Flirting with Disaster Page #2

Synopsis: Mel Coplin departs on a mission of discovery dragging his wife and 4 month old son behind. He and wife, Nancy, won't agree on a name for their son until adopted Mel gets in touch with his roots. He assures her that once he knows who he really is, the right name for their boy will be a snap. Enlisting the aid of student-psychologist and part-time adoption agent, Tina Kalb, they embark on a journey across the United States to find Mel's "birth" mother. "The best part," Mel tells Nancy, "is it's all free." Tina is finishing her dissertation and will film the happy reunion of mother and child as part of her research. For this privilege, she's footing the bill. His adoptive parents are left behind feeling abandoned by an ungrateful son. Clerical errors, mistaken identities, Nancy's misplaced high school friend and his gay lover, and a super-charged libido here and there are thrown into the mix along the way until -- at last -- Mel's real parents, the Schlictings (mispronounced as "Shit-king
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): David O. Russell
Production: Miramax Films
  1 win & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
81
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
R
Year:
1996
92 min
Website
639 Views


Oh, didn't I tell you?

She's-She's doing the study.

I'm gonna be coming along

to San Diego next week...

to document the reunion.

In fact, Nancy, I've got

some waivers that I need you to sign.

You see, there's such a dearth

of in-depth documentation...

into the psychological impact

that these reunions have...

on, for instance, you, the spouse,

as well as Mel's adoptive family.

- Ah, so you're a psychologist?

- Not quite.

I'm just finishing my doctorate.

Tina used to be a dancer.

Oh, those days are long gone. I--

Listen, I've gotta call the office.

Oh, there's a phone in the kitchen.

It's right there on your left.

- Got one right here.

- Well, next week?

- Yeah, yeah.

- God, that's soon.

Well, they're gonna pay for everything.

Isn't that great, sweetie? Honey?

After I had my baby,

I wanted my husband to stay home...

and help with night feedings...

not drag me on some plane

for San Diego.

I like travelling.

The baby's five months old.

I really think this is gonna get us

closer together.

Oh, honey, after you're married,

he feels like he's kissing his mother

half the time, anyway.

Our kissing is still nice, but he's

so controlling about the oral sex.

Well, have you tried

the warm water method?

- Are you kidding?

- No.

- You're kidding.

- No.Joe loves it.

- Hey.

- Oh, hi, Mel.

- Hi.

- Look what I found.

What did you find?

- What made you dig these out?

- Remember?

I don't know. I was just feeling

nostalgic for some reason.

That's so sweet. We found these

on our first field trip together.

Very sweet. Oh, congratulations

on finding your mother, Mel.

- Thank you.

- That oughta settle

some big issues for you, huh?

Definitely. Which issues

are you talking about?

- Starting with the whole sex thing.

- Sex. Baby's name. The baby's name.

- 'Cause you said Ethan--

- No, no, wait a minute.

She just said the sex thing.

- You said that Ethan was too feminine.

- Right.

- We were trying to think of a more

masculine baby name, right? So--

- Okay, but she said the sex thing.

- Didn't you just say the sex thing?

- But she meant that.

- Well, why don't you just let her

speak for herself? Wh-What did you mean?

- Well, tell him. Tell him. Go on.

Actually, it was oral sex

I was referring to.

Oral sex, really?

I think I just walked in...

- on a ladies' conversation

that guys aren't supposed to--

- No, you didn't.

- Yes, I-- I'm gonna go.

- No, no, no, no, no.

- I'm gonna leave.

- No, stay.

- No. No. Leave.

- Don't go. Come on.

- Go. Stay? No.

- Honey, we weren't talking about us.

- I-- What?

- We wouldn't-- I wouldn't--

- No. I know.

- You've gotta know that.

- I know that so much.

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David O. Russell

David Owen Russell (born August 20, 1958) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. His early directing career includes the comedy films Spanking the Monkey (1994), Flirting with Disaster (1996), Three Kings (1999) and I ♥ Huckabees (2004). more…

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