Duplex (film)

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Duplex
Duplex film poster
Directed by	Danny DeVito
Produced by	Drew Barrymore Stuart Cornfeld Ben Stiller
Written by	Larry Doyle
Starring	Ben Stiller Drew Barrymore Eileen Essell
Distributed by	Miramax Films
Release date(s)	September 26, 2003
Running time	89 minutes
Language	English
Budget	~ US$40,000,000
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Duplex is a 2003 comedy film directed by Danny DeVito.

Drew Barrymore was nominated for "Worst Actress" award in the 2003 Golden Raspberry Awards for her performance in Duplex. She lost to Jennifer Lopez for her role in Gigli.

The film was called Our House for its UK release.

1 Cast
2 Plot
- 2.1 Tagline
3 External links

[edit] Cast

Ben Stiller – Alex Rose
Drew Barrymore – Nancy Kendricks
Eileen Essell – Mrs. Connelly
Harvey Fierstein - Kenneth
Robert Wisdom – Officer Dan
Danny DeVito – Narrator (voice)
Maya Rudolph – Nancy's Coworker

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Alex Rose and Nancy Kendricks are a young yuppie couple who are looking for a perfect home. They finally settle for a duplex in Brooklyn, unaware that a seemingly sweet, little old lady living upstairs might just drive them mad.

After the old woman (seemingly unintentionally) ruins the couple's lives by imposing on their personal lives and their jobs, they hire a hit man to kill her, but she defends herself with her dead husband's harpoon, and the hit man fails. This in turn, sets the house on fire and the Kendricks rescue the old woman.

Alex and Nancy decide to evict themselves, but find out that the old woman has died right when they leave. They contemplate their strange encounters, while it is revealed that the real estate agent who sold them the duplex is the old woman's son and the cop who distrusts the couple, and has been riding them the entire time is his lover. They and the woman (who is not dead) do this all the time, harassing young couples and faking their mother's death and collecting a commission.