Multiplicity (1996)
7/10
Interesting concept but not a strong movie
24 January 2019
Warning: Spoilers
The plot of this movie is simple: the major male protagonist, Doug Kinney (played by Michael Keaton) is able to clone himself three times, to make Lance, Rico, and Lenny, so he can take care of all his tasks, allowing him to effectively deal with "annoying" household chores and move up the work hierarchy, after being introduced to this cloning by Dr. Leeds (played by Harris Yulin). Of course, this means that he only uses these people for his own benefit but not constructively, leading to complications with his wife, Laura (played by Andie MacDowell). In this way, the film is somewhat worth watching but mostly not, on the whole, granting it a rating of 7 out of 10.

But there's more to say about this movie. For one, it is a bit funny that Laura never figures out that Doug has three clones, even having sex with each of them! She even sees the clones in a car next to her at the end of the film but believes she is hallucinating so she ignores it! I would also like to mention I watched this film mainly because it was parodied in Treehouse of Horror XIII, which is Season 14, episode 1 of the Simpsons, the segment "send in the clones," which was aired five months after Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones was first shown, which is likely not a coincidence. In that segment, Homer's new cursed hammock produces clones of those whom rest on it, with the clones (whom have no bellybutton) doing all his chores and ending up being dumber than him, with Marge finding that the Homer she has is actually a clone with the real Homer dying due to his obsession of over donuts but she soon gets over this trauma.

Otherwise, I don't have anything else to say about this comedic film, meaning that this review has come to an end.
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