This movie begins with a modestly cute idea ("What if there were more of me?") and turns into two painful hours of predictable, agonizing filmy staleness. It is surprising to see both Keaton and MacDowell starring in such a grossly low-quality piece. The basic premise of the movie: A working man is pressed for time, so he buys clones of himself. The clones try to keep up with their assigned tasks, but slapstick panic ensues. Oh dear....
The plot is not even internally sensible (forget about the logic of a middle-class man buying clones made through a doctor's office procedure), and plays like a filmed bullet-list of obligatory romantic-comedy scenes faxed over from Central Scripting. The interaction between Keaton and his clones doesn't exist: It's just a bunch of Keaton-faces playing stereotypes who speak lines at each other, thanks to computer-enabled film effects.
And if you're wondering (as I was): the answer is NO! The movie does not ask any interesting questions like "If there were more of me, who would be the real me?..." Instead it focuses its attention on rolling out a cheap endless treadmill of tomato-worthy clone "jokes".
This movie borders on the abominable, and really is too bad to even warrant this much text (it's also too awful to even laugh at). Please, for your own well-being: AVOID!
The plot is not even internally sensible (forget about the logic of a middle-class man buying clones made through a doctor's office procedure), and plays like a filmed bullet-list of obligatory romantic-comedy scenes faxed over from Central Scripting. The interaction between Keaton and his clones doesn't exist: It's just a bunch of Keaton-faces playing stereotypes who speak lines at each other, thanks to computer-enabled film effects.
And if you're wondering (as I was): the answer is NO! The movie does not ask any interesting questions like "If there were more of me, who would be the real me?..." Instead it focuses its attention on rolling out a cheap endless treadmill of tomato-worthy clone "jokes".
This movie borders on the abominable, and really is too bad to even warrant this much text (it's also too awful to even laugh at). Please, for your own well-being: AVOID!