Spoonixel Amateur movie with Big budget

Lancoor A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action

Seraherrera The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Mihai Toma Alex and Nancy move into their lovely new house full of hope, regardless of the old lady living upstairs. They soon realize that their life is starting to fall apart so they must try to find various solutions to "evacuate" the unwelcome tenant before they lose their minds. Unbeknownst to them, their neighbor is pretty determined to keep her residence, so they'll have to work hard to achieve their goal.I like the whole idea of this movie and thanks to some good acting, a lot of very funny situations come to life. Unfortunately it's a bit too "forced" and very unlikely, kind of the worst that could happen. The ending isn't groundbreaking to say the least, unexpected but stupid at the same time. It's a good movie if you're looking for a laugh, otherwise it's nothing special.

Davis P Duplex stars Drew Barrymore and Ben Stiller. They play a couple that is moving into a new duplex, but it's about to become a living hell once they realize who their neighbor is. Their neighbor is an older woman who lives alone and she has to be one of the most annoying neighbors ever. The couple is practically driven to insanity because of all of her antics. The writing can be somewhat weak at times, it has some funny moments, but mostly that's thanks to the actors and their performances, not the script. I liked Drew Barrymore and Ben Stiller in the film, they gave good humorous performances and they worked well together, had pretty good on screen chemistry. Usually I'm not a big fan of Stiller, just because sometimes I think he can be more annoying that actually funny, and he does have those moments here, but it's not pervasive. I also loved Eileen Essel in the movie. What a fine performance! Just goes to show you that age has no bearing on whether you can still act or not. She nailed her character. Annoying as ever, but all done with a smile on her face. I loved the ending too, very clever, very very clever. 7/10 for Duplex.

NateWatchesCoolMovies Danny Devito's Duplex is a winking little slice of dark comedy, in the vein of Throwing Momma From The Train. It's not quite as pointed or unique as other notches in Devito's satirical belt (Death To Smoochy, War Of The Roses) but it has a pleasantly naughty vibe and knows it's silly, which adds to the fun. Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore play perky New York yuppies who find their dream home, at an unbelievable price. The only catch: it's a shared residence, and upstairs lives an adorable 90 year old Irish woman (Eileen Essell is a tornado of comedic joy, and whisks the film into awesomeness territory with her unrelenting vigor). She's sweet as pie, or so their dubious real estate agent (Harvey Fierstein, turning the sleaze meter up to 11) informs them, with a foretelling smirk. Only, she's not. She's a bothersome, insufferable nightmare, pestering Alex, whos a writer and works at home, no end with mind numbing chores and delusional household concerns. The law dictates they can't evict her without severe reasons, and they are left tormented by this polite, good natured harpee of untold resilience. Their desperation eventually turns to thoughts of killing her (as any self respecting Devito film must, of course). There the plot fires up with a merry go round of their hapless attempts to 'off' this charming dame, each attempt more ludicrous and chaotic than the last. Some include hiring a scary hit man (James Remar), pushing her down the stairs, trying to give her a nasty pandemic, and many more. Stiller is sometimes annoying, sometimes great when he has the right script, and here he fires on all cylinders as a man at the end of his rope, taking the audacious tone that Devito is going for to orbital heights of hilarity. Devito provides colorful opening narration, and there's knowingly absurd work from Justin Theroux, Wallace Shawn, Reba McIntyre, Robert Wisdom and more. Not a great film, but one I have great nostalgia for. Irreverent, sardonic and gleeful, and unless you have a stick up your ass, sure to make you giggle at Devito's unending silliness.

Jackson Booth-Millard On one poster in Britain the alternative title for this film was Our House, but the original title makes more sense, and I gave it a try, from director Danny DeVito (Throw Momma from the Train). Basically young couple Alex Rose (Ben Stiller) and Nancy Kendricks (Razzie nominated Drew Barrymore) are in search of their dream home, and they find a duplex in Brooklyn. They do have to wait though to have the whole place to themselves, because staying on the rent-controlled top floor is tenant, Irish and elderly Mrs. Connelly (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory's Eileen Essell). From day one it is obvious she is going to be a tough person to get rid of, they try to deal with loud televisions and noisy brass band visitors, and they ask her nicely to leave, but she refuses. Alex is attempting to finish his new book before a deadline, and his is constantly distracted by Mrs. Connelly's irritating requests like moving, carrying and fixing stuff. After Nancy and eventually Alex have both lost their jobs, they only have one person to blame for all the intolerance and nightmarish chaos, Mrs. Connelly, and they are resorting of harsh ways to get rid of her. They try weakening the above floor, trying to cause a heart attack, and hiring a man to kill her somehow, until eventually they rescue her from a fire. In the end, they have no choice but to move out and find another house, but saying goodbye to Mrs. Connelly, they find her dead, although this was her and son Kenneth (Harvey Fierstein), the estate agent, faking it to get money or whatever, whether they got the duplex back is for the audience to decide. Also starring Justin Theroux as Coop, James Remar as Chick, Robert Wisdom as Officer Dan, Liar Liar's Swoosie Kurtz as Jean and Toy Story's Wallace Shawn as Herman. Stiller I can agree might have good comic timing, Barrymore is okay, Essell is really good at making you hate her - being so irritating, but the disastrous events do get repetitive, and a bit too ridiculous for their own good, but it is certainly a fun film, worth seeing at least once. Okay!