Construction worker Doug Kinney finds that the pressures of his working life, combined with his duties to his wife Laura and daughter Jennifer leaves him with little time for himself. However, he is approached by geneticist Dr. Owen Leeds, who offers Doug a rather unusual solution to his problems: cloning.
Director Harold Ramis had more serious ambitions. Multiplicity should have been another Groundhog Day, which Ramis also directed, but he comes up short.
– Mick LaSalle,
San Francisco Chronicle,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Keaton does a dandy job by his four Dougs, but the problem is a script that assumes a physical comedian can do it all, including twisting characters to make them fit the plot line. It doesn't work.
– Keith Simanton,
Film.com,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
The comedy itself, however, is uneven and, more often than not, obvious.
– Susan Stark,
Detroit News,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Although Multiplicity is funny, it's not as heartwarming or inventive as Groundhog Day.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
More Kafkaesque than comedic, more fascinating to watch than out-and-out funny.