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Hilarious!!!
I don't understand why there are so many low reviews here. This movie was one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Also, it was very unique. I think that too many people are trying to project these actions in real life. This movie is FICTION. All the people who gave this movie a bad review should stop trying to see what's real about this movie and just sit back and laugh. This movie was extremely funny!!!

Does Not Deliever
For a movie having two superstars such as Berrymore and Stiller, this movie just doesn't get it done. The plot is a little more involved then what I expected, but the dialouge, follow, even the acting was marginal at best. I just can't recommend this movie. If you reall want to see it I say rent it. This is not worth owning.

Avoid the Name of Danny; As Awful as "Stop! or My Mom Will Shoot"
Probably the best effort from Danny DeVito as director would be 'Throw Momma from the Train' or 'The War of the Roses,' the latter being the ultimate battle of sex between Kathleen Turner and Micheal Douglas. 'Roses' was marred by occasional overdirection and presence of DeVito himself as lawyer, but certainly it was funny. But those films were made back in the 80s, when he was in the prime. With an exception of so-so 'Hoffa,' Danny DeVito has been doing the same pattern -- making comedies based on the battle between bickering characters.

Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore (who are also co-producers of the film) play a married couple moving into a duplex. For the reasons I do not know and do not care, the old lady (who must be more than 80 years old) living in the upper room starts annoying them, making big noises in the middle of the night for starters. The "battle" begins between the owners and the tennant (even the clever old lady has a nice trick of smiling before the young couple), and the more fierce the battle gets, the funnier the film becomes. That's how DeVito must have thought. Just like 15 years ago, in 'The War of the Roses.'

[JUST AWFUL] The results are awful mess, however. Most of the situations are plain impossible; the stars are charmless; amd most of all, their bahaviors are not merely stupid, but predictable. Ben Stiller does the same kind of character again, grumbling, always uptight and easily is persuaded to do something he never wants to do. Drew Barrymore is nice and sweet to everyone, but her sweetness is there fot the director to make some goofy scenes later (like her 'funny' hair formed by 'electricity'). And veteran Eileen Essell, who, with all respect, is so hammy at times that I still am not sure she really thinks that this is not a comedy, but a serious BBC drama or something. In short, she is devoid of the magic that is needed to make those potentially offensive characters charming to see.

In short, for the majority of the viewers, 'Duplex' is not funny; even by any standard of so-called dark humor, it is terribly unfunny and unpleasant to see. I found his comedy style pretty funny back in the 80s, but obviously it's time he quit. At least, as director.

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