Eileen Essell was 80 when she made her Hollywood debut in Duplex. And she steals Duplex from Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore.
Essell's portrait of a bothersome old tenant is a tour-de-force. Somehow she's sympathetic despite being a royal pain in the ass.
Stiller and Barrymore do so well I almost started to consider Barrymore to be a legitimate Barrymore. You know, an actual actor instead of just a smirking twerp. Watch her face at the restaurant when Stoiller is ranting.
And Stiller, well, his comic talents are under-appreciated in a world where Adam Sandler baby-talk movies haul in billions of dollars.
OK, they have murderous intent. But who could blame them. I would have murdered the old bat within a week.
At any rate there are a lot of laughs in this movie. I don't understand what else people want out of a movie.
Essell's portrait of a bothersome old tenant is a tour-de-force. Somehow she's sympathetic despite being a royal pain in the ass.
Stiller and Barrymore do so well I almost started to consider Barrymore to be a legitimate Barrymore. You know, an actual actor instead of just a smirking twerp. Watch her face at the restaurant when Stoiller is ranting.
And Stiller, well, his comic talents are under-appreciated in a world where Adam Sandler baby-talk movies haul in billions of dollars.
OK, they have murderous intent. But who could blame them. I would have murdered the old bat within a week.
At any rate there are a lot of laughs in this movie. I don't understand what else people want out of a movie.