MoviemagiK previews DUPLEX

Release date: September 26,2003

comedy

Starring Ben Stiller, Drew Barrymore, Harvey Fierstein, Sheryl Klein and Eileen Essell
Directed by Danny DeVito

Studio: MIRAMAX FILMS

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A young couple Alex and Nancy (Ben Stiller & Drew Barrymore) finds their perfect Brooklyn duplex apartment. So perfect that even if it is a little costly, there don't care, for they firmly believe that this is the home they need to take the next big step in life.

But they have one big problem. While they themselves can barely cover the cost of the duplex, they have a tenant who has rented the second floor for a ceiled price and simply refuses to leave. So much so, the owners have come and gone, but the old 'sweet' lady upstairs, Mrs. Connely (Eileen Essell) stays.

You think it is a sweet lady...think again. She is not as sweet and poor as you think she is, for she has no regrets disturbing everyone around her. She becomes more expensive for the couple to handle than the apartment itself. And one of her weapons seems to be her human attacking parrot that she use to teach others a lesson.

The couple has no other option but to keep Mrs Connelly happy. Even going to the cops is no use since Connelly herself is a widow of a policeman, so she has the support of the police force too.

And in such a helpless situation, Nancy suggest jokingly to Alex about killing off the old lady. And then the game starts.

The couple try everything in their books to kill the lady, but unfortunately nothing ever seems to go right.

The premise looks good enough to make a great comedy and it could turn out to be a big 'surprise' comedy hit like There's Something About Mary or Meet the Parents. Ben Stiller has the knack to pull off these comedies successfully. And with Drew Barrymore keeping him company, I am sure there is a good chance that more people will check out the movie.

Two another factors that will probably work for this movie is the director and the screenwriter. Danny De Vito seems to be the perfect guy to direct such kind of comedy with murderous intentions. He is quite good with dark comedies, but in this he probably will go all out in a real 'all out silly' comic way. I really hope they make it all out wacky and I am sure it will be great fun.

The other reason is Larry Doyle who will be making his debut in screenwriting with this flick. But being one of the man behind the Simpsons script, you can expect things to be real wacky fun. And if his script works in this one, then that will obviously raise my hopes for his next flick too which is Looney Tunes Back in Action.

By the way, the film is a co-production by Stiller and Barrymore themselves. And by all means, I would have been placing my bets on this flick....but the frequent shift of release dates for this one is giving me the doubts.

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