When a single look can make me laugh harder than any three films I can name this year, that has to be worth something.
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09/29/03
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.
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Comedies
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
Reviews for Duplex
There are too many snot-and-vomit jokes.
09/29/03
If you want to see Danny DeVito do good work, see him in Anything Else right now, the Woody Allen movie.
09/29/03
Dreary, tedious, and mean-spirited. And those are its good points.
09/29/03
DeVito likes his humor black, no sugar, and you're getting more of that here. Eileen Essell rules Stiller' manic snowballing.
09/28/03
A glorious, light comedy whose ironic ending could be applauded by Neil La Bute.
09/28/03
... the film shows every sign of having been whittled down to its brittle, calcified comic bones.
09/28/03
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09/28/03
Top CriticDuplex 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
DeVito, with his affinity for human savagery and gift for laugh-out-loud grossness, has found comically fertile ground here.
09/28/03
Duplex draws out the worst in us, making us laugh even when we know we shouldn't.
09/28/03
Wickedly funny and full of energy.
09/27/03
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09/27/03
Top CriticIt doesn't take long before you want to, well, just move out and leave these characters in their rent-controlled limbo.
09/26/03
Duplex has its wacky, funny moments, but it misses the mark of a clever, dark comedy.
09/26/03
This comedy about a young New York City couple who face off against a sweet but diabolical senior citizen is pretty funny, in a savagely misanthropic sort of way.
09/26/03
If there is one positive thing about Duplex, and saying this requires a huge amount of charity, it's the performance by little known Eileen Essel, who musters whatever grace and genuine humour this sad little picture can manage.
09/26/03
There's something missing.
09/26/03
Duplex has a faint reek of slice-and-dice desperation, as if everyone involved realized too late that they'd hitched themselves to a turkey.
09/26/03
Funny despite rickety gags.
09/26/03
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