7.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Flirting with Disaster (1996)
Flirting with Disaster (1996)
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Neutral
Judaism: Negative
Viewer Rating
7.5
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.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
The film's central subject of family and identity lacks a strong inherent political valence, and its narrative focuses on personal neuroses and the comedic absurdity of the search for origins rather than promoting a specific ideological problem or solution.
The film features a predominantly white cast without intentional race or gender swaps for traditional roles. Its narrative focuses on personal and familial neuroses through a comedic lens, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering DEI themes.
Secondary
The film features Mel's biological father, Richard, who is gay and lives with his partner, Paul. Their relationship is presented as stable. The humor surrounding their identity primarily stems from the discomfort of Mel and his adoptive parents, rather than from the gay characters themselves. The portrayal is incidental, neither strongly affirming nor problematic, serving as a comedic element in Mel's chaotic search for his origins.
The film portrays Mel's adoptive Jewish parents, Pearl and Ed Coplin, as neurotic and overbearing, leaning into common comedic stereotypes of Jewish family dynamics. While their love for Mel is evident, the narrative often derives humor from these stereotypical traits without offering significant counterbalancing nuance regarding the faith itself.
The film 'Flirting with Disaster, 1996' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative primarily focuses on a man's search for his biological parents, involving a road trip and encounters with various eccentric individuals, without any elements related to transsexual identity or experiences.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "Flirting with Disaster" is an original story with characters created specifically for its screenplay. There is no prior source material, historical figures, or legacy characters from which a gender swap could occur.
Flirting with Disaster is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment from which character races could be established and subsequently altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
6.7
6.2
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8.8
8.2
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