'Flirting with Disaster' would make a great title for Josh Brolin's autobiography; the actor has led a colorful life, with three marriages, two divorces and several run-ins with the law. It's also the title of the 1996 movie in which he appeared as Tony Kent, a gay federal ATF agent who actually seems more fluid about his sexuality as the film progresses.
This is another jet-black comedy, which centers on a young man who goes in search of his biological parents after having children of its own. That doesn't sound like the premise of a comedy, and it largely isn't, with the absurdity of some of the events that come later providing the laughs. Brolin's part in the film isn't huge; it's Ben Stiller and Patricia Arquette who have their names up in lights, but he gives a credible performance in the scenes that he's in.