Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy
Theatrical Release: 09/26/2003(USA)
Release Date: 03/02/2004
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 89 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Miramax
Just how far would you go to have the home of your dreams all to yourself? A couple start asking themselves that very question in this
dark comedy directed by
Danny DeVito.
Alex (
Ben Stiller) and
Nancy (
Drew Barrymore) are a young couple who are happy and successful, but lack one thing that they truly want -- the perfect home in Manhattan.
Alex and
Nancy think they may have found just the place they've been looking for when they discover the bottom half of a beautiful old duplex has opened up. While the couple are delighted with their new flat, they discover it has one major disadvantage they hadn't counted on -- their upstairs neighbor,
Mrs. Connelly (
Eileen Essel), an elderly woman who soon makes their lives a living hell. Persuading
Mrs. Connelly to move is fruitless, since she has a long term rent-controlled lease, and as things become more and more difficult,
Alex and
Nancy begin to wonder if she won't go away on her own, perhaps a more drastic (and permanent) solution may be in order.
Duplex also stars
Harvey Fierstein,
Justin Theroux,
James Remar, and
Swoosie Kurtz.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
