Dummy

– An ex-office worker becomes a ventriloquist, leading to a date with his unemployment counselor; but ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 31 Minutes
Release Year:
2002
Dummy (2002)

An ex-office worker becomes a ventriloquist, leading to a date with his unemployment counselor; but his quirky family and a gauche female friend may thwart his new career and love life.

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Producing Country:
USA
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Release Date:

21 Feb 2002

Language:

English, Yiddish

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Greg Pritikin

Writer:

Greg Pritikin

Main Actors:

Adrien Brody, Milla Jovovich, Illeana Douglas, Vera Farmiga

Plot:

Steven, nearly 30 and living with his parents, sees an old Edgar Bergen movie on TV and decides to fulfill his longtime dream of becoming a ventriloquist. His beautiful unemployment counselor Lorena finds him work, but puts out a restraining order on him when he paints a thank-you note on her door. Later, this young mother agrees to date him anyway, but finds his bickering family, and his inexperience with women, daunting to a relationship. Steven's sister Heidi is a wedding planner with a drunken ex-fiancé who keeps showing up at the door. His friend Fangora is a pseudo-punk rocker whose sex does not prevent her from giving him terrible advice about women. The wedding of a Jewish girl, who wants Klezmer music and gets something unexpected, will become a turning point in everyone's lives.

Awards:

1 win.

Production:

Shoreline Entertainment

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
Metacritic:
48%