Duplex confirms the suspicion among many of us that today's mainstream movies are simply vehicles for selling other things -- in this case, the cause of New York City landlords.
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09/26/03
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Duplex (2003)
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Reviews Counted:105
Fresh:39
Rotten:66
Average Rating:5/10
Consensus: It was funnier when it was called Throw Momma From the Train.
Theatrical Release:Sep 26, 2003 Wide
Box Office: $9,652,000
Synopsis: Danny DeVito directs Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore in this devilish black comedy reminiscent of DeVito's THROW MOMMA FROM THE TRAIN and THE WAR OF THE ROSES. Alex Rose (Stiller) and Nancy... [More]
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Ben Stiller, Eileen Essell, Harvey Fierstein
Director: Danny DeVito
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Reviews for Duplex
Top Critic... the film shows every sign of having been whittled down to its brittle, calcified comic bones.
09/28/03
Hard as it is to care about these homicidal homemakers, it is harder still to laugh at them.
04/30/04
Duplex isn't very complicated, thank goodness, but makes sure to spread a requisite amount of mean-spiritedness.
09/26/03
Has no bite whatsoever.
09/26/03
Had Danny DeVito been born British and a quarter-century earlier, he would have fit right in at Ealing Studios, the English outfit known for biting black comedies.
11/04/03
Another DeVito black comedy in which one character tries to knock off another. Stiller and the 81-year-old Essel make worthy adversaries but there's really only one joke here.
10/02/03
Danny DeVito is one of the most underrated directors of our time.
12/06/05
If you're like me, and you enjoy watching films about the dark side of humanity and still be able to enjoy the characters, this one fits the bill.
10/01/03
A spineless bit of populist garbage that tries to mine broad cheer from the murder of an irritating old lady.
09/25/03
When a single look can make me laugh harder than any three films I can name this year, that has to be worth something.
09/29/03
There's a nice dark comedy in this script that's flattened by DeVito's direction, which continually opts for manic goofiness and cruel vulgarity.
02/12/04
In a show that at least has its brevity going for it, Drew Barrymore and Ben Stiller are wasted in “Duplex.” Its badly constructed plot collapses after the movie goes from silly to tasteless.
10/08/03
Wait to watch this at home so you can use the 'clapper' to turn the movie off when you get to the parts you've seen before... when it was Throw Momma From The Train.
09/26/03
Duplex has enough to keep you seated for its manageable 90 minutes. But then, chances are, you'll be ready to move out.
09/28/03
Too much contrivance and not enough plausibility.
09/26/03
Top CriticOne of the most unnerving slapstick extravaganzas I've ever seen.
09/29/03
Offer[ed] as a grown-up variation of the kind of fart-and-vomit humor that's passed around at the cineplex every day. But why? It is what it is.
03/19/04
An improvement over DeVito's most recent effort, the universally reviled Death to Smoochy. However, what is funny in Duplex quickly devolves into mean-spirited gross-out humor.
09/25/03
Before collapsing into an untidy heap of over-the-top gross-outs and cartoon violence, this acidic comedy, scripted by Larry Doyle and directed by Danny DeVito, gets surprising mileage from its creaky, one- joke premise.
09/25/03
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