Dummy Review
Dummy Feature
- DVD Details: Actors: Adrien Brody, Milla Jovovich, Illeana Douglas, Vera Farmiga, Jessica Walter
- Directors: Greg Pritikin
- Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1; Number of discs: 1; Studio: Lions Gate
- DVD Release Date: February 17, 2004; Run Time: 91 minute
Dummy Overview
Academy Award®-winner Adrien Brody stars in this delightful romantic comedy as a lovable loser who finds his inner voice by becoming a ventriloquist. Steven Schoichet (Brody) is in a rut - he lives at home with his crazed parents and weird sister Heidi (Illeana Douglas) and is stuck in a dead-end job. His life begins to turn around when at the urging of his outrageous friend Fangora (Milla Jovovich) he decides to follow his dream of becoming a ventriloquist. He buys a dummy and hits the small-time comedy circuit to the horror of his family and the delight of his beautiful job councilor Lorena (Vera Farmiga). Lorena quickly becomes his biggest fan and his first love. This hysterical romantic comedy proves the dumbest thing you can do is not to follow your dream. Features include Special Picture-in-Picture Video Commentary by Award-winning ventriloquist Jeff Dunham Deleted Scenes Dummies 101- Learning the Ventiloquist Dream Ventriloquist lessons - hosted by Jeff Dunham "What Type of Dummy Are You?" Game 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Audio And much moreSystem Requirements:Running Time: 90 MinutiesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 012236149514 Manufacturer No: 14951
Dummy Specifications
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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