Dummy |  | Director: Greg Pritikin
Actors: Adrien Brody, Milla Jovovich, Illeana Douglas, Vera Farmiga, Jessica Walter
Studio: Lions Gate
Category: DVD
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Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 45893
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Yiddish (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 91 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: D14951D
UPC: 012236149514
EAN: 0012236149514
ASIN: B00015HWX2
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
Release Date: February 17, 2004
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Oscar®-winner Adrien Brody has a nifty role in Dummy as a shy loser whose life is transformed by... ventriloquism. Living with his parents and his caustic sister (Illeana Douglas in good form), tongue-tied Steven can't hold a conversation to save his life--until he sits a wooden dummy on his knee. Others find this kind of creepy, but Steven parlays his newfound voice into a date with his pretty lady at the unemployment office (she's played by Vera Farmiga, from 15 Minutes, a soulful actress destined for big things). Writer-director Greg Pritikin doesn't oversell this modest premise, instead nicely filling in the corners with sly comedy and character bits. Milla Jovovich plays Steven's punk-rock buddy, and Jessica Walter and Ron Leibman are his parents--it's a surprisingly strong cast for an indie effort. Dummy won a release when Brody got the Oscar for The Pianist, but this is a worthy and entertaining picture all on its own. --Robert Horton
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DUMMY (DVD MOVIE)
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 We are talking Brown Bunny pre-edit here (0 stars) January 30, 2010
Peter Ingemi (Worcester County, Massachusetts United States)
My wife is a person who is one who likes to try all kinds of movies. Because of this and our Netflix membership a wide swath of films have passed though the doors of this house over the years. Some are good, some are bad, but there is usually one firm rule: No matter how bad a movie seems to be, my wife has always stuck it out to the end to give it a chance to get better...
...until now.
To say Dummy was a failure is an insult to failures everywhere, never has a collection of decent actors managed to do so little with the material they've been given.
Then again to be fair the material was simply awful, the characters were weak, boring, uninteresting and unbelievable, producing no empathy or interest from the viewer.
In my wife's words: "They must have been desperate for a paycheck."
When given the choice between finishing a movie that's going to be in the house until Monday anyway or watching her youngest play Lord of the Rings The Return of the King on the Gamecube, the wife choose to watch him play his game.
That's really all you need to know.
BTW the reference in the title was to Roger Ebert's famous statement concerning the 126 minute version of Vincent Gallo's The Brown Bunny: "I thought it was the worst film in the history of the festival (Cannes). That was hyperbole -- I hadn't seen every film in the history of the festival"
I now know why he could say that: Dummy didn't appear in his movie review database.
 Don't Be a Dummy, Get This Movie! January 21, 2010
Kenneth M. Gelwasser (Hollywood, Fl USA)
For the longest time I wanted to see the movie, "Dummy" and I really have no ideal why. Maybe it was the DVD cover art or the title or the fact, that I'm a fan of many of the actors in the movie. Well, I'm glad I did, because "Dummy" turned out to be a small, charming, indie-style film, that leaves you with a good feeling.
This comedy/drama is about a rather meek, shy guy named Steven (Adrien Brody), who has reached what seems like the crossroads of his life. He lives at home in suburbia with his dysfunctional family, works in a dead end job and dosn't have much going in the romance department. Approaching thirty, he feels like his life is in a rut. This all changes, when Steven makes the decision to leave his job and in a awkward, yet determined fashion, follow his dream of becoming a professional ventriloquist. Everyone in his life seems to have both an opinion and advice about this. This includes Steven's cynical, romance-lorne sister, Heidi (Illeana Douglas) who works as a wedding planner, his emotionally volatile, best friend, Fangora (Milla Jovovich) and finally the young, pretty, career counselor, Lorena (Vera Farmiga), who is the object of Steven's romantic interests.
Steven's actions seem to effect all these characters. They are all in one way or another unhappy people, who's lives change, when they follow Steven's example and follow their dreams. What those dreams are just might surprise you.
This is a small film about changing lives. The characters are rather quirky, even sometimes hard to watch. But in the end the film has a charming, almost magical feeling, that will leave you with a smile on your face. All four of the film's lead actors give terrific performances. This film is best characterized as a hidden gem that really shines by the end. What a wonderful movie! Give it a try!
Loved it February 2, 2009
Carlos Rojas (Loja, Ecuador)
I loved this movie Im such a fun of Milla and I think she is amazing, and of course I needed to have this movie...so I bought and well.... I think Im so happy to have it ...and it's like a treasure for me..i fully recomend it
 Pass April 20, 2008
Phoebus Franca (San Francisco Bay Area, CA USA)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Adrian Brody is a good actor, but he isn't given much to work with here. A lot of forced quirkiness in this movie. Very bizarre equivalence worked out between Brody's character and his dummy, and his love interest with her child. Weird. Milo Janovich is probably an acquired taste but you kind of seek a pillow to bury your head in during her scenes. Can't really recommend it.
What a loving movie!!! April 9, 2008
Antonio L. Rivera
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just bought the movie from a former rental for $4.99. What a loving movie! Adrien Brody make a loving act as Steven, a shy wimp with a heart of gold. He lives with his crazed parents and his sour hearted sister Heidi (Ileana Douglas). Steven (Brody) hates his job and his boss reminds me of Meryl Streep in The Devils Wears Prada. So in a impulse, he bought a wooden dummy that becomes his alter ego and his concience. While he learns to talk without moving his lips, Steven is talking to the dummy and the dummy answers him back in a psycologic point of view. It seams that the dummy wants to help Steven using foul language and harsh love. Or is Steven talking to himself? And then the dummy began to talk the words that Steven doesn't dare to say to anybody!! That moves his job couselor, Lorena (Vera Farmiga) that seams to have issues by her own. Milla Jojovich is Steven best friend, did a great job as a real nut case, hard punk rocker who sings lovely in yiddish at the end of the movie. While this is low budget movie, it has a touching but deep simplicity that lacks multi-million motion pictures. Just follow your bliss and buy this movie. I'm glad I did!
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