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| Loosely billed as Groundhog Day�s sequel, in the way that �Runaway Bride� is the follow-up to �Pretty Woman,� but � technically � isn�t, there�s no Bill Murray to drive Andie McDowell round the bend in �MULTIPLICITY,� just 4 Michael Beetlejuice Keatons. Keaton�s married to McDowell, and is bringing on an unwanted mid-life crisis with his overloaded work, home & No play schedule. Until he meets Harris 'Loch Ness' Yulin and gets onto the subject of clones. One glossed-over snag in proceedings is that Keaton, McDowell & kids are a skint family, and that�s why Keaton feels the need to work all hours, but dont�cha think having a clone of yourself would cost 2 arms, 2 legs and double-backed balls? Anyway, #2 can�t bring himself to accept he�s the clone (see, once born, the clone believes he�s had the exact same experiences and memories as the original blueprint, and only from now-on will the 2 beings diverge as they both indulge their own differing predicaments), and sick of the real Keaton�s nagging, clones himself for company. A long crisis cut short, there are soon 3 clones with � remarkably � highly varied, predictability splitting personalities (explained by the fact that every time a clone of a clone�s cloned, the success of the product�s tarnished the more there are made� hence #4 being a dim-witted schizoid) bedding McDowell and destroying his once sweet and easy family-life. Until they feel sorry for the damage they�ve caused and resign to help Keaton out with the long-overdue house-repairs so�s he can win back his now estranged wife. Then, yet more conveniently, (with lives of their own!) the carbon-less copies merrily drive off into the distance, never to be cloned again? Directed by Harold Ramis (Egon in �Ghostbusters�), it�s funnier than a kick in his knackers. (STEVE RUDD) | ||