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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

Genre: Comedies

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... 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. [More]

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

Starring: Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Harris Yulin, Eugene Levy, Richard Masur, Ann Cusack, Brian Doyle Murray, Zack Duhame, Katie Schlossberg

Director: Harold Ramis

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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An effects-based comedy whose seamlessness is a sign that this newfangled comedic genre has gone beyond the adolescence stage and taken on a new maturity.

Full Review Source: Sacramento Bee | comment Comment
01/01/00
Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee

Although Multiplicity is funny, it's not as heartwarming or inventive as Groundhog Day.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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Multiplicity ignores just about every question that would naturally come to the movie-goer's mind.

Full Review Source: SPLICEDWire | comment Comment
01/01/00
Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

Try not to double or triple-up laughing. (published 7-19-96)

Full Review Source: Kansas City Kansan | comment Comment
12/28/04
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

Groundhog Day had a certain sweetness and even a sly philosophical depth, but Multiplicity is more of a ground-level comedy, in which we can usually anticipate the problems for Doug and his clones.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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It's a showcase for Keaton.

Full Review Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) | comment Comment
07/01/04
Judith Egerton
Judith Egerton
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

Largely due to Keaton, the movie is consistently funny.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

If ever there was a movie that showed off an actor's versatility, this is it.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

True to its title, Multiplicity keeps multiplying the fun and compounding the pandemonium.

Full Review Source: Jam! Movies | comment Comment
01/01/00
Louis B. Hobson
Louis B. Hobson
Jam! Movies

A showcase tailor-made for Keaton and his maniacally comedic persona(e).

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Christine James
Christine James
Boxoffice Magazine

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.

Full Review Source: Critics Inc./America Online | comment Comment
06/01/03
Brandon Judell
Brandon Judell
Critics Inc./America Online

Multiplicity exists because it's now possible for an actor to appear on screen with himself and not by means of anything so quaint as double exposure.

Full Review Source: New Republic | comment Comment
01/01/00
Stanley Kauffmann
Stanley Kauffmann
New Republic
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A buoyant domestic farce.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Rita Kempley
Rita Kempley
Washington Post
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Director Harold Ramis had more serious ambitions. Multiplicity should have been another Groundhog Day, which Ramis also directed, but he comes up short.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Mick LaSalle
Mick LaSalle
San Francisco Chronicle
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Ramis and his quartet of writers, including City Slickers shtick factories of Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel, can't find much to do with their simple premise.

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01/01/00
Sean Means
Sean Means
Film.com
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Ends up falling a bit flat on the screen.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
01/01/00
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Simply a laugh-out-loud comedy about clones running around, and the mayhem which ensues.

Full Review Source: Scott Renshaw's Screening Room | comment Comment
01/01/00
Scott Renshaw
Scott Renshaw
Scott Renshaw's Screening Room

Multiplicity, while far from a great comedy, did provide this critic with a lot of laughs and made for a thoroughly enjoyable time at the movies.

Full Review Source: Internet Reviews | comment Comment
01/01/00
Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
Internet Reviews

It could have been a good story, but it turns out to be thin, despite good acting performances by Keaton and MacDowell.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
07/11/01
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

Keaton does a dandy job by his four Dougs, but the problem is a script that assumes a physical comedian can do it all, including twisting characters to make them fit the plot line. It doesn't work.

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Keith Simanton
Keith Simanton
Film.com
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