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Multiplicity [1996]
Multiplicity [1996]
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Director: Harold Ramis
Actors: Michael Keaton, Andie Macdowell, Zack Duhame, Katie Schlossberg, Harris Yulin
Studio: Uca Catalogue
Category: DVD

List Price: £5.99
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars(6 reviews)
Sales Rank: 26928

Format: Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Media: DVD
Running Time: 117 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

EAN: 5050582206715
ASIN: B0001E5T6K

Release Date: March 8, 2004
Theatrical Release Date: July 17, 1996
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days

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Amazon.co.uk Review
An inevitable idea: a working man (Michael Keaton) who can't meet all his professional and family responsibilities has himself cloned. It works so well having one copy of himself to take charge of matters at the office that he makes another copy who takes care of the home front. Pretty soon, different aspects of Keaton's personality are emphasised in the different clones: the labourer becomes a macho creep and the domestic god becomes rather feminine. A third clone, struck from the duplicates instead of the original, becomes like a photocopy of a photocopy: inferior. IMultiplicity/i is a timely comedy should be better than it is, but special-effects requirements are so labour-intensive that most scenes feel stiff and leaden. Keaton is good in all four parts, and in certain gee-whiz effects scenes, where he even high-fives himself, he pulls off a minor miracle or two. (Of course, a kid did the same thing in Disney's 1998 remake of IThe Parent Trap/I.) I--Tom Keogh/I


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4 out of 5 stars Four times Keaton   June 25, 2007
  0 out of 1 found this review helpful

MULTIPLICITY is a typically light romantic comedy out of Hollywood. An overworked construction manager with family pressures decides to let himself be cloned-- in order to get more work done and make extra free time for himself. He soon clones himself again when he finds that he needs even more time now that he's been staying home doing the housework and caring for the kids while his wife takes up her career again. Then one of the clones goes out and clones himself, which being a copy of a copy ( a degraded simulacrum) doesn't turn out very well. They all end up having sex with his wife one night in a rowdy comedy of errors that takes Shakespeare out of romantic mistaken identity and into one a bit more hardcore. (This is of course merely suggested off screen, softly.)br /br /The clones are not exact replicas however, as their ensuing experiences are supposed to make them diverge in personality. The one who works in construction becomes stereotypically more macho. The one who does housework becomes stereotypically effeminate-- with an uncomfortable overlay of "gay" qualities, stereotypically conflating femininity with homosexuality. The last clone is a basket case who consists entirely of Id, since the cloning process was by now degraded. He's supposed to be the child-within or something.


5 out of 5 stars GREAT, HUGELY UNDER-RATED,   May 10, 2007
Michael Keaton is simply amazing in this film, by far one of the most funniest films i have seen. Brilliant script too! br /br /"I got a wallet sthteve"


4 out of 5 stars A mulitple of simplicity   December 23, 2004
  2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This film takes an interesting turn. Life is busy and time is precious, but what would you do if you could create a copy of yourself to help out. It's amusing to see how boundaries are pushed and even with the best intentions a situation can get out of control. This film has some very amusing moments and is definitely worth watching.


4 out of 5 stars The parts job   August 17, 2001
  1 out of 3 found this review helpful

Anybody could identify with that dilemma : poursuying a job or carrier and take care of the family and ones "real interest" in life...There are only that many hours in a day... This never stops for most of us... exept for Doug who found out how to clone himself and send all his self parts to take care of his wife...job and others. vey hilarious, even more when he discovers about the major draws back of his absence from hinself. While Andy Macdowell, his wife, remains an example of wholeness. Not to miss, contains some hints to the possible answer...


3 out of 5 stars Worth Watching   December 4, 2000
Doug Kinney (Michael Keaton) is a devoted husband, father and businessman, Doug is manied to an adoring wife (Andie MacDowell), and a demanding job, both of which leave him little time to enjoy either. pDoug is very destressed as too much to do and not nearly enough time to do it in, pDoug is ready to snap that is until he meets Dr. Owen Leeds (Harris Yulin) who offers him the chance to get control of his life by becoming the ultimate split personality and having himself cloned. pDoug goes ahead with getting himself coloned and becomes the ultimate split personality, and that is when the real trouble begins.pHis lovable wife, must juggle more husband that she knows what to do with.!!!!

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