Duplex is a disaster. Just about everything in it is wrong.
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09/26/03
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
A black comedy that shows the influence of the gross-out era, and instead of situations that grow increasingly twisted, we get situations that are increasingly puerile: farting, vomit, etc.
09/26/03
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.
09/26/03
It'd make a great first-date movie for Donald Trump and Leona Helmsley. But who else would actually see this situation as comic?
09/26/03
One real-estate deal you should walk away from.
09/26/03
Definitely better than DeVito's last movie, the disastrous Death to Smoochy. Alas, it's not nearly as good as his two films from which it takes its obvious inspiration: The War of the Roses and Throw Momma From the Train.
09/26/03
Predictable but sometimes still hilarious.
09/26/03
A premise in search of a story.
09/26/03
A disappointing movie that feels all too overly familiar.
09/26/03
An old-fashioned screwball comedy that has all its screws firmly in place.
09/26/03
Has no bite whatsoever.
09/26/03
[A] grossly funny black comedy.
09/26/03
Though accurate to a certain kind of sandwich-generation experience, Duplex is not terribly funny.
09/26/03
Rent-controlled or not, the price of admission just ain't worth it this time.
09/26/03
Top CriticDuplex wants you to hurt when you laugh, but the pain and guilt are minor.
09/26/03
Duplex plays out like a greatest-hits medley of films by its director, Danny DeVito. Which might not be so bad if he had a full body of films to draw from, rather than just a handful.
09/26/03
A prime example of a funny movie that flounders in its second half.
09/26/03
This is not the tribute to The Ladykillers it wants to be, but the leads are likable -- and try hard.
09/26/03
Top CriticToo much contrivance and not enough plausibility.
09/26/03
Top CriticA wickedly funny and audacious movie.
09/26/03
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