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Multiplicity

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Multiplicity (1996)

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Reviews Counted: 42 Fresh: 19  Rotten:23 Average Rating: 5.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins
Synopsis:
In this highly imaginative comedy, Michael Keaton stars as Doug Kinney, an overworked family man who is in desperate need of a vacation. When pressures mount at a job site, he is noticed by a slightly deranged scientist who offers him an intriguing solution to his problems: cloning. Doug... [More]
In this highly imaginative comedy, Michael Keaton stars as Doug Kinney, an overworked family man who is in desperate need of a vacation. When pressures mount at a job site, he is noticed by a slightly deranged scientist who offers him an intriguing solution to his problems: cloning. Doug agrees and finds himself with an exact replica to do all of his dirty work at the office. But there's just one problem: There's no one to help out at home, which leads to the arrival of Doug number three, a domestic whirlwind who can solve any household problem. But things are not as simple as they seem, and the clones soon begin to act out the extremes in the original Doug's personality. Clone number one becomes a macho workaholic, while clone number two becomes downright feminine. Real trouble ensues when a third clone is created by the duplicates, who is a copy of a copy, having lost some of his smarts in the duplication. Andie MacDowell stars as Doug's wife, who is suddenly faced with her husband's seemingly erratic behavior, while the original Doug scrambles to hide the truth about his little experiment from his wife, friends, and coworkers. Ironically, Doug's life becomes more complicated than ever, proving that four Dougs aren't necessarily better than one. Director Harold Ramis handles all the fun with the multiple Dougs hysterically, and Michael Keaton gives a terrific performance as a man just trying to cope with today's myriad problems. [Less]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Harris Yulin, Eugene Levy, Richard Masur

Director: Harold Ramis
Screenwriter: Chris Miller III, Mary Hale, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
Producer: Trevor Albert, Harold Ramis
Composer: George Fenton

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Apr 13, 1999

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06/24/06 04:13 AM
Derek Adams
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A desperately unfunny comedy lethargically directed by Harold Ramis, and boringly acted by Michael Keaton.

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10/09/05 01:05 PM
Chuck O'Leary
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07/26/05 01:18 PM
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04/09/05 04:10 AM
Robin Clifford
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Try not to double or triple-up laughing. (published 7-19-96)

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12/28/04 08:14 AM
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan
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It's a showcase for Keaton.

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07/01/04 12:32 PM
Judith Egerton
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06/24/03 12:02 PM
Dragan Antulov
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Whatever you know about cloning, leave at the theater door. Whatever you know about the modern housewife, shuck that, too. The feminism of “Multiplicity” is barely circa 1959.

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06/01/03 12:02 PM
Brandon Judell
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05/20/03 05:12 PM
Janet Maslin
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05/14/03 05:12 PM
Jeanne Aufmuth
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More is not better, in this case.

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04/04/03 07:19 AM
Luanne Brown
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Michael Keaton is very funny, but the comedy itself isn't worth his efforts.

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02/24/03 06:09 PM
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium
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Great premise, great work by Keaton, but the script lets them down.

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02/23/03 08:21 PM
Nell Minow
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02/06/03 12:56 PM
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07/29/02 09:38 AM
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04/12/02 08:13 AM
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It could have been a good story, but it turns out to be thin, despite good acting performances by Keaton and MacDowell.

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07/11/01 12:30 AM
Robert Roten
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