Flirting With Disaster

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Summary: Highly underrated - One of the funniest ever
Review: I can't believe that most people haven't even heard of this movie. It's one of the funniest movies ever made. I've spent so much money renting it that I finally realized I should just buy it.

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Summary: The funniest movie of all time
Review: I don't watch movies twice. I just don't. However, I have seen this movie 5 times and laugh out loud every time. Ben Stiller is, as usual, hilarious. A great road movie.

Rating:
Summary: hysterically funny!
Review: I had to purchase this film for my very limited library. Ben Stiller is comedic in an almost dead-pan way. There are several scenes that I had to rewind and enjoy over and over. Excellent casting and bizarre story line makes this one a keeper

Rating:
Summary: Ben Stiller fans should not overlook this one
Review: I have friends who describe themselves as "huge Ben Stiller fans" but then stare at me blankly when I tell them Stiller's best movie is David O. Russell's 'Flirting With Disaster.' I'm not sure why this movie got overlooked by so many people. My guess is that since it pre-dates 'Something About Mary' by two years, the general populace had not yet caught on to Stiller's talents as 'the perfect comic foil' (to quote the apropros phrase used in the official amazon.com review).

And when these friends *do* eventually see it, their response is unanimous: "Wow, how did I miss that one? Absolutely hilarious."

Exactly.

Beyond Stiller, you get the vastly underrated comedic talents of Téa Leoni. [Note to the Coen Brothers and others looking to re-create the Cary Grant-era screwball romantic comedy: Téa's your girl.] Plus, there are great performances by supporting actors Richard Jenkins (who seems to turn up everywhere), Josh Brolin, Patricia Arquette and an amazing foursome of Alan Alda, Lily Tomlin (both cast WAY against type), George Seagal and Mary Tyler Moore.

The key to the movie is the director's touch - David O. Russell put together a stretch of three great movies: 'Spanking the Monkey,' this one, and then followed it up the promise of those two films with 'Three Kings.' Russell knows how to stage dark and/or subtle comedy (recall how Clooney, Wahlberg and Ice Cube came upon the secret map in Kings).

You will love this film. And, by the way, you'll think of it whenever you drive by a white Ford Taurus.

Rating:
Summary: Ben Stiller fans should not overlook this one
Review: I have friends who describe themselves as "huge Ben Stiller fans" but then stare at me blankly when I tell them Stiller's best movie is David O. Russell's 'Flirting With Disaster.' I'm not sure why this movie got overlooked by so many people. My guess is that since it pre-dates 'Something About Mary' by two years, the general populace had not yet caught on to Stiller's talents as 'the perfect comic foil' (to quote the apropros phrase used in the official amazon.com review).

And when these friends *do* eventually see it, their response is unanimous: "Wow, how did I miss that one? Absolutely hilarious."

Exactly.

Beyond Stiller, you get the vastly underrated comedic talents of Téa Leoni. [Note to the Coen Brothers and others looking to re-create the Cary Grant-era screwball romantic comedy: Téa's your girl.] Plus, there are great performances by supporting actors Richard Jenkins (who seems to turn up everywhere), Josh Brolin, Patricia Arquette and an amazing foursome of Alan Alda, Lily Tomlin (both cast WAY against type), George Seagal and Mary Tyler Moore.

The key to the movie is the director's touch - David O. Russell put together a stretch of three great movies: 'Spanking the Monkey,' this one, and then followed it up the promise of those two films with 'Three Kings.' Russell knows how to stage dark and/or subtle comedy (recall how Clooney, Wahlberg and Ice Cube came upon the secret map in Kings).

You will love this film. And, by the way, you'll think of it whenever you drive by a white Ford Taurus.

Rating:
Summary: Ben Stiller fans should not overlook this one
Review: I have friends who describe themselves as "huge Ben Stiller fans" but then stare at me blankly when I tell them Stiller's best movie is David O. Russell's 'Flirting With Disaster.' I'm not sure why this movie got overlooked by so many people. My guess is that since it pre-dates 'Something About Mary' by two years, the general populace had not yet caught on to Stiller's talents as 'the perfect comic foil' (to quote the apropros phrase used in the official amazon.com review).

And when these friends *do* eventually see it, their response is unanimous: "Wow, how did I miss that one? Absolutely hilarious."

Exactly.

Beyond Stiller, you get the vastly underrated comedic talents of Téa Leoni. [Note to the Coen Brothers and others looking to re-create the Cary Grant-era screwball romantic comedy: Téa's your girl.] Plus, there are great performances by supporting actors Richard Jenkins (who seems to turn up everywhere), Josh Brolin, Patricia Arquette and an amazing foursome of Alan Alda, Lily Tomlin (both cast WAY against type), George Seagal and Mary Tyler Moore.

The key to the movie is the director's touch - David O. Russell put together a stretch of three great movies: 'Spanking the Monkey,' this one, and then followed it up the promise of those two films with 'Three Kings.' Russell knows how to stage dark and/or subtle comedy (recall how Clooney, Wahlberg and Ice Cube came upon the secret map in Kings).

You will love this film. And, by the way, you'll think of it whenever you drive by a white Ford Taurus.

Rating:
Summary: Flirting With Disaster!
Review: I just watched this film for the first time since it came out in 1996. David O. Russell's second film is a great comedic masterpiece, wedged in nicely between 'Spanking the Monkey' & 'Three Kings.'

Normally, this type of comedy might be characterized as slapstick in the Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton mold, but its so clever and intelligent that its impossible to imagine this as a silly film.

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Summary: This just isn't a good movie, and I like movies
Review: I like independant films, I like Ben Stiller and Patricia Arquette, and while Tea Leoni isn't all that consistent an actress I've always had the hots for her, so I thought this was a sure bet. It just didn't come through. Stiller's character is actually quite annoying, Arquette's role is a thin caricature, and Tea Leoni's character, even when she's running around in her underwear, is just too strange to bear. I wish I had liked this film, but the whole thing just fell flat. Find a better move to buy.

Rating:
Summary: Good movie, poor DVD
Review: I love this Ben Stiller comedy about a grown adopted man looking for his birth parents, traveling all across the country with wife, baby, and assorted others in tow, including Tea Leoni as an incompetent researcher going through a divorce.

The picture quality on this DVD was awful to the point of being distracting. I've seldom seen picture quality this bad on a used VHS tape, never mind a DVD. I don't know what happened, but obviously mistakes were made. Too bad. This movie deserved a better DVD.

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Summary: HI-Lareeeeous!!!
Review: I love this movie. I can watch it over and over. All the performances are comic genius. Subtle nuance and intelligent humour abound. Each time I watch I see something I didn't notice the last time. This movie is not for those seeking over-the-top, in-your-face humour, but if you like intelligent gotcha funny, it's fabulous. I love being teased into laughing and see the fun in getting a line with a slight delayed reaction. If you are too, you'll love it. Same kind of funny as "Waiting for Guffman" and "Best in Show".