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A Balasaur Score of 74 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 88%, Metacritic 82/100. Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 87% of the 1,428 1990s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Metacritic82/100
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
273 audience votes
Key crew
- Stephen EndelmanOriginal Music Composer
- David O. RussellWriter
- David O. RussellDirector
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
- Josh BrolinTony Kent
- Celia WestonValerie Swaney
- Glenn FitzgeraldLonnie Schlichting
- Beth SternJane
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Themes
lsdlooking for birth parentshalf-brother
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