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.
Directed by David O. Russell
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looking for birth parents
half-brother
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Cast
Ben Stiller
Mel Coplin
Patricia Arquette
Nancy Coplin
Téa Leoni
Tina Kalb
Mary Tyler Moore
Pearl Coplin
George Segal
Ed Coplin
Alan Alda
Richard Schlichting
Lily Tomlin
Mary Schlichting
Richard Jenkins
Paul Harmon
Josh Brolin
Tony Kent
Celia Weston
Valerie Swaney
Glenn Fitzgerald
Lonnie Schlichting
Beth Stern
Jane
Crew
David O. Russell
Director
David O. Russell
Writer
Stephen Endelman
Original Music Composer
Christopher Tellefsen
Editor
Eric Alan Edwards
Director of Photography
Bob Weinstein
Executive Producer
Harvey Weinstein
Executive Producer
Risa Bramon Garcia
Casting
Kevin Thompson
Production Design
Judy Rhee
Art Direction
Popular Reviews
29 reviews
Jonathan Snee
There's an almost perfect one to one casting comparison between this and The Daytrippers which came out the same year.
There's an almost perfect one to one casting comparison between this and The Daytrippers which came out the same year.
Finn Martin
7.0★ · 10/19/25
Dorm floor movie #6
Dorm floor movie #6
Drew Chavez
6.0★ · 09/25/25
A bisexual Josh Brolin with a female armpit fetish was an unexpected turn in my day.
A bisexual Josh Brolin with a female armpit fetish was an unexpected turn in my day.
