spideynw In order for a story to be entertaining for me, it must be believable. Meaning it cannot have immense plot holes.I could not get past the first 30 minutes of this movie. The story begins about a man who apparently has no other choice then to work a job that he apparently is so good at that he has to work 7 days a week/20 hours a day with crap pay doing what appears to be a managerial position for a construction company. Really with his experience he can't find something better? Maybe not. I'll forgive that.But next, on a job, he runs into a doctor that has figured out how to make perfect clones of people. I have no issues with the idea of cloning technology. However, after this point is where I have huge issues with the story. First of all, this doctor offers to make clones of him so he can get more time. Was this technology not patented? If so, everyone would know about it and it would not be something new. If not, why would it not be patented? And even if it was not patented, how did they hide this technology from the government??? Governments would be immensely interested in this technology (let's clone the perfect warriors). Governments would be very interested in keeping the technology from getting out as well probably.Apparently this new super technology is cheap enough for some middle class smuck to afford? New technology is usually when it is the MOST expensive, not inexpensive. They would be marketing this to the most wealthy people, not some smuck working a dead end job.Sorry, I just can't watch crap like this. I guess there are a lot of people that like crap though.

zetes Ramis' follow-up to Stuart Saves His Family was much more popular, but, I must say, it's a total dud. Michael Keaton plays a busy man who doesn't have enough time between his demanding construction job and his family (Andie MacDowell plays his wife). While on a job, he meets up with a scientist who offers to clone him. He now has a double, but soon that's not enough, so he gets a third. Then the two clones conspire and make a fourth. The three clones differ from the original Keaton quite a bit. The first time, it makes some sense. 2 is a bit more cynical, knowing that he's the clone who has to work. 3, for some reason, is gay. 4, since he's a clone of a clone, is a daffy moron. So Keaton is basically giving four performances here, so he has a lot of opportunity to show his acting chops. Unfortunately, by 1996, Keaton had pretty much hit rock-bottom, and he does little but mug throughout the movie. It doesn't help that the script flat-out sucks. No other actor has anything else to do, so it's all up to Keaton and he flops.

vchimpanzee Doug is having a hard time getting everything done. He is being pressured to do more at the construction business he works for, as well as by his wife Laura who wants him to spend time with children Zack and Jennifer. Laura wants to return to her career, as a woman she started out with has been promoted and wants Laura to replace her. But he may have the solution: one of the residents of a development he is supervising has perfected cloning. In fact, it was his clone who signed a deal with Doug's company.So Doug decides to go for it. A second Doug is created, with all his memories. Problem solved! He just has to hide the second Doug in the guest house. The second Doug will go to work while original Doug spends time with the family and takes time for himself--playing golf, for example.You know where this is going. One clone can't do it all. So another one is needed. And possibly another. And each one creates its own kind of chaos. For example, one Doug can make Laura happy (no, not that way, although ...) at home better than original Doug can. And, unfortunately, it's not all funny. That's fine, because there are lessons to be learned and the lead actors are so good I'm willing to see them do anything.Michael Keaton does a very good job playing four distinct characters: Steve (original Doug), Lance (the first clone, a macho pig), Rico (the sensitive and effeminate second clone), and Lenny (because he is a copy of a copy, he is "special").Andie MacDowell is very funny in a series of scenes that begins with her in a sexy nightie and ends with her in just a pajama top.When more than one Doug is on screen, it really looks as if both or all are there. I wasn't distracted by trying to figure out how they did it. I have a small TV, though. It's a hilarious and rewarding effort.

TheEmulator23 This is one of those films that maybe the first time you watch it, you just think, "eh." But on subsequent viewings you realize how funny it is and the absolutely great characters & how well developed each one of the Michael Keaton's are. He does an amazing job & this film was completely overlooked by just about everyone. Granted the plot is nothing to write home about, but neither is "Dumb & Dumbers" but that isn't why it is remembered. It's for all the hilarity that ensues just as this one does. I'm hoping that someday people will realize just how funny Michael Keaton can be in film & that he wasn't just BATMAN! A new generation will soon come to see everything that is classically done & some filmmaker will stick Mr. Keaton in another comedic role so that they can see just how well he can shine as a comedian. Here's hoping it's soon too! So if you liked "Old School, Napoleon Dynamite, & yes even "The Hangover" (though it's far less dirty) then this is right up your alley.