Product Details

• Actors: Drew Barrymore, Eileen Essell, Harvey Fierstein, Cheryl Klein, Michelle Krusiec
• Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: French (Unknown), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: March 2, 2004
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (93 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000YTOKI
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #10,840 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Anyone who's lived in an apartment will understand the mounting frustration of Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore as they grapple with the upstairs neighbor of their worst nightmares in Duplex, directed by Danny DeVito. Stiller and Barrymore play a young couple who think they've found the home of their dreams when they buy an astonishingly spacious Brooklyn duplex. Unfortunately, the second floor comes with a tenant, a seemingly sweet little old lady (Eileen Essell). Her petty demands and manipulative ways drive Stiller and Barrymore to desperate attempts to oust her--and when she breezily resists their worst efforts, the hapless pair begin to consider more serious (and final) measures. Duplex might be called a comedy of anxiety; it constantly pricks at your expectations of disaster, sending you into a nervous state that demands laughter as a release. Also featuring Wallace Shawn, Harvey Fierstein, and Swoosie Kurtz. --Bret Fetzer

Product Description
Danny DeVito directs Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore in this devilish black comedy reminiscent of DeVito's THROW MOMMA FROM THE TRAIN and THE WAR OF THE ROSES. Alex Rose (Stiller) and Nancy Kendricks (Barrymore) are a young, professional, New York couple in search of their dream home. When they finally find the perfect Brooklyn brownstone they are giddy with anticipation. The duplex is a dream come true, complete with multiple fireplaces, except for one thing: Mrs. Connelly (Eileen Essel), the cranky old lady who lives on the rent-controlled top floor. Assuming she is elderly and ill, they take the apartment but their hopes are quickly dashed when they realize that Mrs. Connelly is an energetic senior who enjoys watching her television at top volume day in and day out and rehearsing in a brass band. A writer, Alex, is attempting to finish his novel against a looming deadline. However, each day as he begins to write, he is interrupted by Mrs. Connelly's numerous demands and requests and what begins as a nuisance quickly escalates into an all-out war. When Nancy loses her job and the pair are trapped at home together with Mrs. Connelly, their rage turns to homicidal fantasy as they plot ways to get rid of their no-good neighbor. Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore are pitch perfect as a good-natured couple who, like most DeVito characters, are driven by rage to do very bad things.

Customer Reviews

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I can't believe the bad reviews this got...It's too funny!, January 23, 2007

By	Barbara L. Morris "BeansMommy" (Toledo Ohio USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Everything about this movie I love. I love both Drew Barrymore and Ben Stiller too!
They are so endearing and convincing as a newly married couple.
It starts out that this young married couple are having a hard time finding the house of thier dreams in their price range. It seems almost too good to be true when they find a duplex near the big city life in Brooklyn, it is beautiful and spacious, and the downfall is that it comes with a very, VERY old woman who rents the upstairs apartment.

Because of a clause in her rental agreement, they cannot kick her out,but being that she is old, they figure she will die soon enough, So they buy the place and move in.

Suddenly the old lady seems healthy as a horse, and is a constant nuisance to them.
She keeps them awake all night with her blaring TV, Always bothering them for favors etc.
As things continue to go from bad to worse, they decide to have a hit on her, and hire a hit man to do it...Like everything else, that goes terribly wrong, too.

This movie is full of mishaps, one after another, and soon you will be rooting for them to kill the old hag :)
There are a few twists that will surprise you in the end, but I guarantee it will keep you laughing !

Highly reccomended, and one you will want to watch over and over.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars THE CLAPPER, August 25, 2005

By	melvin brooks (austin) - See all my reviews

Yes, I had never heard of this movie until my girlfriend rented it one night. I loved Zoolander so I wasn't that surprised to like this. Anywho..the whole "Clapper" scene was so stupid I almost puked I was laughing so hard.Honestly we kept backing up the movie just for that scene. Just watching Ben Stillers face contort in agony was great. Great Friday night movie worth watching again!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Stupid and incredibly dull comedy film., September 21, 2006

By	Puzzle box "smockey_421" (Kuwait) - See all my reviews

O.k. so there were some funny scenes especialy when the old lady started dancing with the river dance group on T.V. and then Ben Stiller's character does the same thing, it was hilariously dumb but those scenes were very few and far between, some scenes just dragged on and on and just weren't that funny. Danny Devito hit an all time low when he did this film and both Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore had better films than this so I suggest that you avoid this film and watch Dodgeball instead, trust me you don't want to waste your time with this below average comedy film.