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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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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

A desperately unfunny comedy lethargically directed by Harold Ramis, and boringly acted by Michael Keaton.

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10/09/05
Chuck O'Leary
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Emanuel Levy
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04/09/05
Robin Clifford
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
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

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)

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Chris Barsanti
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10/05/03
Josh Gilchrist
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06/24/03
Dragan Antulov
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
Brandon Judell
Brandon Judell
Critics Inc./America Online
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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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05/14/03
Jeanne Aufmuth
Jeanne Aufmuth
Palo Alto Weekly

More is not better, in this case.

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04/04/03
Luanne Brown
Luanne Brown
Chico Enterprise-Record

Michael Keaton is very funny, but the comedy itself isn't worth his efforts.

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02/24/03
Rob Vaux
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium

Great premise, great work by Keaton, but the script lets them down.

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02/23/03
Nell Minow
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02/06/03
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Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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04/12/02
Globe and Mail
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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
Robert Roten
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Laramie Movie Scope
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