Multiplicity

Multiplicity


Starring:Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Zack Duhame, Katie Schlossberg, Harris Yulin, Richard Masur, Eugene Levy, Ann Cusack, John de Lancie, Judith Kahan, Brian Doyle-Murray, Julie Bowen, Obba Babatundé, Dawn Maxey, Kari Coleman, Steven Kampmann, Michael Milhoan, Skip Stellrecht, Jim Piddock, Robin Duke
Director: Harold Ramis
Studio: Sony Pictures
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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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 emphasized in the different clones: the laborer 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. This timely comedy should be better than it is, but special-effects requirements are so labor-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 The Parent Trap.) The DVD release includes optional widescreen and standard formats and optional French and Spanish soundtracks. --Tom Keogh
Multiplicity
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Hilarious!
  • How much Michael Keaton is there?
  • Too Busy
  • No delivery
  • witty funny
 Multiplicity
Starring: Michael Keaton , Andie MacDowell , Zack Duhame , Katie Schlossberg , and Harris Yulin
Director: Harold Ramis
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: 0767806808
Release Date: 1998-04-15

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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 emphasized in the different clones: the laborer 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. This timely comedy should be better than it is, but special-effects requirements are so labor-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 The Parent Trap.) The DVD release includes optional widescreen and standard formats and optional French and Spanish soundtracks. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Hilarious!.......2007-05-17

Don't we all wish at one time or another that we could be in more than one place at a time. Michael Keaton is the best. I never get tired of watching this movie with the grandkids.

4 out of 5 stars How much Michael Keaton is there?.......2007-01-04

Or how many? This hilarious movie does nothing to answer that question.

The premise is goofy. Doug is burning the candle at both ends and looking for more ends to burn. There just aren't enough hours in the day for one man to be contractor, father, husband, provider, and swigger of beer at the hockey game. So Doug dives straight to the core of the problem: that thing about "one man." When the chance arises, he clones himself so there can be more Doug to go around. But that Doug doesn't like the hard hours any better, so there's a third. And a fourth ...

The plot is silly and formulaic. Good, just formulaic. The real treat in this movie is Michael Keaton. If you look at his movie roles (Batman, Mr. Mom, Beetle Juice, etc, etc), he's never the same twice. He's all over the place. This is his movie. He's there four times, playing one character four ways, with four very different personalities. They move differently, talk differently, inflect differently - the four Keatons really are different. Fer cryin' out loud, Doug4 doesn't even look like Keaton most of the time, but is. This isn't a piece of cinematic art so much as a place for the many Keatons to play together, off the leash.

It's good, silly, date-movie fun. It's kid-safe. It's shallow and forgettable. But it's physical humor and fast-change personality gags at their best. If that's what you want, it's howling funny.

//wiredweird

5 out of 5 stars Too Busy.......2006-12-12

Michael Keaton plays a man who is overworked, so he gets 1 clone of himself, but ends up with more and more!
One rule Doug has" Don't sleep with my wife".

1 out of 5 stars No delivery.......2006-08-15

Purchased this item July 15,2006 and have not received it yet, have looked at where's my stuff and it shows it somewhere at a post office. Don't know why it would take over a month unless it was sent pony express, even then it would of been here by now. E-mailed Amazon and received no help. A terrible experience so far.

5 out of 5 stars witty funny.......2006-07-30

This movie should've done well mainstream. There's enough humor that it's not too difficult for most people to get, but yet there's enough substance for the critical thinkers, but enough humor to be silly to the so called average person. To those critics that gave this movie a bad slice was undeservedly so. How many movies can you watch where an actor can say something to the degree of "I'm sorry that I was having sex with your wife, but that it was actually you having sex with your wife because you are me?" Since cloning is not rampant yet, maybe this movie is too ahead of its time.

MacDowell is great as a wife, and Keaton is just gosh darned funny as all hell as he plays himself and all the clones in it! Must've been hard to film, especially the parts with more than one Doug at the same time. Eugene Levy is in this one too, but he doesn't play a big enough part to show his witty humorous side.
Multiplicity [Region 2]
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Multiplicity [Region 2]
    Starring: Michael Keaton , Andie MacDowell , Zack Duhame , Katie Schlossberg , and Harris Yulin
    Director: Harold Ramis
    ProductGroup: DVD
    Binding: DVD

    GeneralGeneral | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Genres | DVD | Video
    Bowen, JulieBowen, Julie | ( B ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
    Cusack, AnnCusack, Ann | ( C ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
    Duke, RobinDuke, Robin | ( D ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
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    Masur, RichardMasur, Richard | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
    Piddock, JimPiddock, Jim | ( P ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
    Stellrecht, SkipStellrecht, Skip | ( S ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
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      3 out of 5 stars Charlie Rose Interview with Cher.......2007-03-09

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        Multiplicity
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          		Multiplicity
          Starring: Michael Keaton , Andie MacDowell , Zack Duhame , Katie Schlossberg , and Harris Yulin
          Director: Harold Ramis
          Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
          ProductGroup: DVD
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          Release Date: 1998-04-14
          Multiplicity [Region 2]
          Average customer rating: Not rated
            		Multiplicity [Region 2]
            Starring: Michael Keaton , Andie MacDowell , Zack Duhame , Katie Schlossberg , and Harris Yulin
            Director: Harold Ramis
            ProductGroup: DVD
            Binding: DVD

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            Cusack, AnnCusack, Ann | ( C ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
            Duke, RobinDuke, Robin | ( D ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
            Kampmann, StevenKampmann, Steven | ( K ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
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            Masur, RichardMasur, Richard | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
            Piddock, JimPiddock, Jim | ( P ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
            Stellrecht, SkipStellrecht, Skip | ( S ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
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            Multiplicity [Region 2]
            Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
            • Hilarious!
            • How much Michael Keaton is there?
            • Too Busy
            • No delivery
            • witty funny
            		 Multiplicity [Region 2]
            Starring: Michael Keaton , Andie MacDowell , Zack Duhame , Katie Schlossberg , and Harris Yulin
            Director: Harold Ramis
            ProductGroup: DVD
            Binding: DVD

            GeneralGeneral | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Genres | DVD | Video
            Bowen, JulieBowen, Julie | ( B ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
            Cusack, AnnCusack, Ann | ( C ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
            Duke, RobinDuke, Robin | ( D ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
            Kampmann, StevenKampmann, Steven | ( K ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
            Keaton, MichaelKeaton, Michael | ( K ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
            Levy, EugeneLevy, Eugene | ( L ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
            MacDowell, AndieMacDowell, Andie | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
            Masur, RichardMasur, Richard | ( M ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
            Piddock, JimPiddock, Jim | ( P ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
            Stellrecht, SkipStellrecht, Skip | ( S ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
            Yulin, HarrisYulin, Harris | ( Y ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
            Ramis, HaroldRamis, Harold | ( R ) | Directors | Stores | DVD | Video
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            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 emphasized in the different clones: the laborer 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. This timely comedy should be better than it is, but special-effects requirements are so labor-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 The Parent Trap.) The DVD release includes optional widescreen and standard formats and optional French and Spanish soundtracks. --Tom Keogh

            Customer Reviews:

            5 out of 5 stars Hilarious!.......2007-05-17

            Don't we all wish at one time or another that we could be in more than one place at a time. Michael Keaton is the best. I never get tired of watching this movie with the grandkids.

            4 out of 5 stars How much Michael Keaton is there?.......2007-01-04

            Or how many? This hilarious movie does nothing to answer that question.

            The premise is goofy. Doug is burning the candle at both ends and looking for more ends to burn. There just aren't enough hours in the day for one man to be contractor, father, husband, provider, and swigger of beer at the hockey game. So Doug dives straight to the core of the problem: that thing about "one man." When the chance arises, he clones himself so there can be more Doug to go around. But that Doug doesn't like the hard hours any better, so there's a third. And a fourth ...

            The plot is silly and formulaic. Good, just formulaic. The real treat in this movie is Michael Keaton. If you look at his movie roles (Batman, Mr. Mom, Beetle Juice, etc, etc), he's never the same twice. He's all over the place. This is his movie. He's there four times, playing one character four ways, with four very different personalities. They move differently, talk differently, inflect differently - the four Keatons really are different. Fer cryin' out loud, Doug4 doesn't even look like Keaton most of the time, but is. This isn't a piece of cinematic art so much as a place for the many Keatons to play together, off the leash.

            It's good, silly, date-movie fun. It's kid-safe. It's shallow and forgettable. But it's physical humor and fast-change personality gags at their best. If that's what you want, it's howling funny.

            //wiredweird

            5 out of 5 stars Too Busy.......2006-12-12

            Michael Keaton plays a man who is overworked, so he gets 1 clone of himself, but ends up with more and more!
            One rule Doug has" Don't sleep with my wife".

            1 out of 5 stars No delivery.......2006-08-15

            Purchased this item July 15,2006 and have not received it yet, have looked at where's my stuff and it shows it somewhere at a post office. Don't know why it would take over a month unless it was sent pony express, even then it would of been here by now. E-mailed Amazon and received no help. A terrible experience so far.

            5 out of 5 stars witty funny.......2006-07-30

            This movie should've done well mainstream. There's enough humor that it's not too difficult for most people to get, but yet there's enough substance for the critical thinkers, but enough humor to be silly to the so called average person. To those critics that gave this movie a bad slice was undeservedly so. How many movies can you watch where an actor can say something to the degree of "I'm sorry that I was having sex with your wife, but that it was actually you having sex with your wife because you are me?" Since cloning is not rampant yet, maybe this movie is too ahead of its time.

            MacDowell is great as a wife, and Keaton is just gosh darned funny as all hell as he plays himself and all the clones in it! Must've been hard to film, especially the parts with more than one Doug at the same time. Eugene Levy is in this one too, but he doesn't play a big enough part to show his witty humorous side.
            Multiplicity [Region 2]
            Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
            • Hilarious!
            • How much Michael Keaton is there?
            • Too Busy
            • No delivery
            • witty funny
            		 Multiplicity [Region 2]
            Starring: Michael Keaton , Andie MacDowell , Zack Duhame , Katie Schlossberg , and Harris Yulin
            Director: Harold Ramis
            ProductGroup: DVD
            Binding: DVD

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            Kampmann, StevenKampmann, Steven | ( K ) | Actors & Actresses | Stores | DVD | Video
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            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 emphasized in the different clones: the laborer 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. This timely comedy should be better than it is, but special-effects requirements are so labor-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 The Parent Trap.) The DVD release includes optional widescreen and standard formats and optional French and Spanish soundtracks. --Tom Keogh

            Customer Reviews:

            5 out of 5 stars Hilarious!.......2007-05-17

            Don't we all wish at one time or another that we could be in more than one place at a time. Michael Keaton is the best. I never get tired of watching this movie with the grandkids.

            4 out of 5 stars How much Michael Keaton is there?.......2007-01-04

            Or how many? This hilarious movie does nothing to answer that question.

            The premise is goofy. Doug is burning the candle at both ends and looking for more ends to burn. There just aren't enough hours in the day for one man to be contractor, father, husband, provider, and swigger of beer at the hockey game. So Doug dives straight to the core of the problem: that thing about "one man." When the chance arises, he clones himself so there can be more Doug to go around. But that Doug doesn't like the hard hours any better, so there's a third. And a fourth ...

            The plot is silly and formulaic. Good, just formulaic. The real treat in this movie is Michael Keaton. If you look at his movie roles (Batman, Mr. Mom, Beetle Juice, etc, etc), he's never the same twice. He's all over the place. This is his movie. He's there four times, playing one character four ways, with four very different personalities. They move differently, talk differently, inflect differently - the four Keatons really are different. Fer cryin' out loud, Doug4 doesn't even look like Keaton most of the time, but is. This isn't a piece of cinematic art so much as a place for the many Keatons to play together, off the leash.

            It's good, silly, date-movie fun. It's kid-safe. It's shallow and forgettable. But it's physical humor and fast-change personality gags at their best. If that's what you want, it's howling funny.

            //wiredweird

            5 out of 5 stars Too Busy.......2006-12-12

            Michael Keaton plays a man who is overworked, so he gets 1 clone of himself, but ends up with more and more!
            One rule Doug has" Don't sleep with my wife".

            1 out of 5 stars No delivery.......2006-08-15

            Purchased this item July 15,2006 and have not received it yet, have looked at where's my stuff and it shows it somewhere at a post office. Don't know why it would take over a month unless it was sent pony express, even then it would of been here by now. E-mailed Amazon and received no help. A terrible experience so far.

            5 out of 5 stars witty funny.......2006-07-30

            This movie should've done well mainstream. There's enough humor that it's not too difficult for most people to get, but yet there's enough substance for the critical thinkers, but enough humor to be silly to the so called average person. To those critics that gave this movie a bad slice was undeservedly so. How many movies can you watch where an actor can say something to the degree of "I'm sorry that I was having sex with your wife, but that it was actually you having sex with your wife because you are me?" Since cloning is not rampant yet, maybe this movie is too ahead of its time.

            MacDowell is great as a wife, and Keaton is just gosh darned funny as all hell as he plays himself and all the clones in it! Must've been hard to film, especially the parts with more than one Doug at the same time. Eugene Levy is in this one too, but he doesn't play a big enough part to show his witty humorous side.

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