Sometimes to get more out of life, you have to make more of yourself.
Director: Harold Ramis
Producer: Lee R. Mayes, Harold Ramis
Construction worker Doug Kinney finds that the pressures of his working life, combined with his duties to his wife Laura and daughter Jennifer leaves him with little time for himself. However, he is approached by geneticist Dr. Owen Leeds, who offers Doug a rather unusual solution to his problems: cloning.
117 min
Rating: 5.783/10
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Michael Keaton
Doug Kinney
Andie MacDowell
Laura Kinney
Harris Yulin
Leeds
Eugene Levy
Vic
Zack Duhame
Zack Kinney
Movie Info
Director: Harold Ramis
Producer: Lee R. Mayes, Harold Ramis
Production Companies: Columbia Pictures
Countries: United States of America
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John Chard:
Keaton on top form in a very charming and enjoyable sci-fi comedy picture.
Doug Kinney never has enough time to do what he wants to do, his life is frantic and his family life is strained, then one day he gets the chance to have himself duplicated.
It would seem that a lot of complaints about this film are about it being a waste of a good premise, well for sure Multiplicity is far from being a comic masterpiece, but to say it doesn't deliver laughs set amongst its charming romantic heart, is a touch unfair I feel. What we get here is four Doug Kinney's, each one having their own driving personality to make it real easy for the audience to distinguish which is which. So, with Michael Keaton delivering four excellent performances as the Dougs, the comic relief flows pretty much all through the picture.
However, director Harold Ramis is guilty of staying safe with the material to hand because from the off the conclusion is never in doubt, the feel good factor is evident even as the Dougs are chaotically imploding. But is that really a reason to do the film down? Well no as far as I'm concerned, Multiplicity is a tidy fusion of sci-fi comedy and romance that isn't taking the science literally.
For Doug number 4 alone, with his skiing skills and pizza fetish, this film deserves 7/10, whilst Keaton deserves a far higher score indeed.