Duplex

Duplex is a 2003 American/German black comedy film directed by Danny DeVito, and starring Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore. The film was called Our House for its UK and Irish release. Young and happily wedded couple, novelist Alex Rose and lifestyle magazine writer Nancy Kendricks, are looking for the right place at the right price to live in New York City so they can build a home and start a family. Their search comes to an end when the realtor Ke... more

Duplex is a 2003 American/German black comedy film directed by Danny DeVito, and starring Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore. The film was called Our House for its UK and Irish release. Young and happily wedded couple, novelist Alex Rose and lifestyle magazine writer Nancy Kendricks, are looking for the right place at the right price to live in New York City so they can build a home and start a family. Their search comes to an end when the realtor Kenneth shows them a unit in a beautifully appointed turn-of-the-century Brooklyn brownstone house which, much to their surprise, is actually a sumptuous duplex. However, a minus: a current tenant in the form of Mrs. Connelly, an elderly tenant who resides in a sublet portion of the second floor of the duplex apartment afforded under the protections of rent control. They are at first reluctant to purchase the unit, but ultimately agree on the basis of, among other things, the assumption that Mrs. Connelly should not be terribly long for this... less