Duplex | | Cast : | Ben Stiller, Drew Barrymore, Eileen Essell | | Director : | Danny DeVito | | Studio : | Miramax Home Entertainment | | Format : | Color | | Released Date : | September 26, 2003 | | DVD Released Date : | September 07, 2004 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | July 24, 2005 | | Summary | Good For Laughs | Content
 | This movie is about a couple who moves into this duplex where an old lady lives in the upper apartment she is renting. Ben stiller and Drew Barrymore were told that the old lady upstairs is a sweet lady. She turns out to be their worst nightmare. They can't sleep at night, they can't have their privacy, she asks them to run errands for her all the time and gives them accusations that are not true, but then turn to be true because they had enough of it with her she was a pain in the neck, they really tried later to kill in any way they could think of but backfired, they even called for an assassin to murder her for them for 25 grand. They didn't have that kind of money so they sold everything they had in their apartment. And guess what, the assassin couldn't get her killed either. She is one tough Lady!!
In the end they sell their duplex to another couple, go upstairs to say good bye to her, and what do they find right after they sold their duplex, the old lady past away with natural causes. They sold the place and she dies. What a waste. But the fact is.. it turned out she was faking it, holding her breath. How did she get away with it. the man who sold them the house turned out to be the old ladies son. They have been playing on couples for a long time just to get their money.
This Movie is a little like "throw momma off the train" which is about an author writing a book trying to kill an old lady too but for someone .and the author ends up writing about the whole thing. This happens too in the duplex..Ben stiller in the role of the author ends up writing a book called "Duplex" and makes lots of money.
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| Rating | | | Date | July 18, 2005 | | Summary | Another Great Evil Old Lady Movie From Danny DeVito | Content
| I wasn't expecting much when I rented this movie but I sure got a pleasant surprise. Danny DeVito is a true master of the wicked-old-lady-that-must-be-destroyed genre. Unlike the monstrous Momma in Throw Momma From The Train, the elderly tenant in Duplex could almost be likeable, and she is certainly more believable (I'm sure most of us have met and eldster like this at some point in our lives). She seems to spend the whole film sublimely unaware of how annoying she is, and the actress (whoever she is) ought to be congratulated on how convincingly she played the part.
As the film progresses we come to learn that she is the tenant from hell - and each new horror she foists upon Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore's Alex and Nancy confirms it all the more. Their desperate attempts to cope with her as she ratchets up the pressure are almost as hilarious as their ham-fisted attempts to do away with her. Obviously, they haven't got a chance because they are just too darn nice, and as a result, the old lady makes mincemeat of them in a series of almost Loony Toon style "get the rabbit" schemes. I half expected to see ACME on the side of some of the items in their arsenal.
Ben Stiller was at his best playing his typical poor-downtrodden-loser part as he has done in almost every film since "There's Something About Mary." Drew Barrymore was actually likeable as the sweet always-look-on-the-bright-side wife.
I'm not sure why this film got so many bad reviews. Myself, I was barely able to breath I was laughing so hard. By the end I was doubled over and my face hurt. I know that the film wasn't Shakespere, but it was a million times better than "Along Came Polly" which, for some reason, was given more playtime and seemed to be better accepted by moviegoers. I know there were a lot of scenes that had really vile content (chewed up sausages, rotting noodles, vomit and saturation sneezing) but it was all very tastefully done (in comparison to others I've seen) and for the most part really funny. All I can say is, give this movie a chance - maybe it won't work for you, but you're bound to find something you'll like. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 11, 2005 | | Summary | Double disaster | Content
| I caught the majority of this movie on cable and what a stinker. Danny De Vito could have done *way* better than this flop, Ben Stiller has been in better "comedy" than this and what a waste of Drew Barrymore's talent and time.
Stiller and Barrymore portrayed a dopey married couple who can't rid themselves of that pesky little old lady tenant of theirs on the second floor of their Victorian brownstone. The ways that they tried to get rid of her were done ten million times before and the way that the scenes were played out were just plain corny.
The old lady tenant, for real, was one of those special people you come across in life that you just want to deposit off a cliff. Besides, at her advanced age, how cunning could she have been? (Oh, and did we really need to see the green puke coming of Drew's mouth onto Ben through the leaky kitchen sink pipe after he purposefully caught the flu from some dude on the train?)
The ending was corny and I shudder to think of the millions that were wasted on this bomb. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 08, 2005 | | Summary | Great Drew and Ben movie! | Content
| Drew Barrymore and Ben Stiller do great in this movie by being a couple who find a house they love, but upstairs there is a old annoying lady. When they buy the house they really get to meet the old lady and they want to have a family, but they would the upstairs so they try to get her to move, but she refuses to. It`s also hard for them to put up with her and she makes them do stuff and if they didn`t she would say something and they would feel bad about it and help her. Everything would happen at the wrong time when they were by her and they try to kill her, but it`s impossible. That`s all I got to because it was late when I saw it and I was too frightened. I enjoyed it, but not everyone will. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 01, 2005 | | Summary | A very funny movie | Content
| This movie is very comic and funny with good acting by Drew Barrymore and Ben Stiller and good directing by Dnny Devito.
The movie's plot is original in which a young couple movie into the house of their dreams. Sure, everything is perfect until they realize that it comes with something else. On the 2nd floor, there's an old tenant who will absolutely drive them crazy. From her watching TV VERY LOUDLY ALL NIGHT, to her making them help her around the house and buy stuff for her, she is driving them crazy. And soon, they have awful intentions to do to this tenant.
The movie delivers plenty of laughs from the start till the ending which has a twist. I find this one worthy of a buy as it's very original and will make you laugh nonstop. |
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