Multiplicity

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Multiplicity ★★½ 1996 (PG-13)

With too many business and personal responsibilities, construction supervisor Doug Kinney (Keaton) is a prime candidate for the cloning experiments of Dr. Leeds (Yulin). Since the cloning process isn't exactly perfect, each clone (Doug winds up with three) has a different dominant personality trait—a hard-charger, a “Mister Mom,” and a dopey slacker. Confusion reigns as wife Laura (MacDowell) deals with separation anxiety on a grand scale. Pleasant comedy shows Keaton can still be funny given the chance. Keaton had his choice of cloning comedies and chose this one over Chris Columbus's “More.” 117m/C VHS, DVD . Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Harris Yulin, Richard Masur, Eugene Levy, Obba Babatunde, Ann Cusack, Brian Doyle-Murray, Julie Bowen; D: Harold Ramis; W: Harold Ramis, Chris Miller, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Mary Hale; C: Laszlo Kovacs; M: George Fenton.

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