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Dummy
Directed by
Greg Pritikin
R
2002
1h 31m
Drama
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Comedy
,
and more
6.6
70%
74%
5.9
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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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Cast of Dummy
Adrien Brody
Steven Schoichet
Milla Jovovich
Fangora "Fanny" Gurkel
Illeana Douglas
Heidi Schoichet
Vera Farmiga
Lorena Fanchetti
Jessica Walter
Fern Schoichet
Ron Leibman
Lou Schoichet
Jared Harris
Michael Foulicker
Helen Hanft
Mrs. Gurkel
Richmond Hoxie
Sorensen
Mirabella Pisani
Bonnie
Adam LeFevre
Theater Director
Greg Pritikin
Director / Writer
Bob Fagan
Producer
Richard Temtchine
Producer
Charlotte Bourke
Production Design
Amanda Carroll
Art Direction
Jon Nissenbaum
Set Decoration
Horacio Marquínez
Director Of Photography
Marie Abma
Costume Design
Sanna Riley
Makeup Artist
Dummy Ratings & Reviews
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
[T]he best ventriloquist -stalker -family-drama -romantic -comedy I've seen in, well maybe forever.
Film Journal International
Shirley Sealy
Dummy might have been a better movie if Greg Pritikin had done a few more rewrites on his script, and if he'd had more than a few weeks in which to shoot it.
Boxoffice Magazine
Bridget Byrne
It's a sweetly sad and sadly funny tale, conceived with quirky sensitivity, but, though its actors are adept, it only just hangs together, like a sitcom still in rehearsal stages.
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
It's repetitive and obvious but somehow endearing, like a truly ugly dog with sweet eyes.
Newark Star-Ledger
Bob Campbell
Pritikin's shrewd comedy-drama catches a fine flock of family emotions on the wing, and not the over-exposed ones.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
What could have been a biting dark comedy is, instead, uninspired and generic.
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Brody is a real talent, and Illeana Douglas is a riot as his older sister.
E! Online
The result is the kind of oddball independent film that's almost a parody of the genre.
New York Times
Dave Kehr
A mildly engaging addition to that curious sub-genre of American independent filmmaking, the whimsical comedy of Long Island alienation.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
A romantic comedy of considerable charm and humor.
Newsday
Jan Stuart
Adrien Brody rescues Greg Pritikin's self-consciously eccentric comedy.
Premiere Magazine
Peter Debruge
Brody shot this film pre-Pianist and performed all the puppetry and ventriloquism himself, and it's pretty impressive watching the Oscar-winning actor externalize his expressions on the dummy's face.
L.A. Weekly
Ella Taylor
Brody ... is the movie's weakest link, turning in a performance almost as wooden as the doll that sits on his knee.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
Pritikin ... serves up the sort of shrill 'satire' of middle-class Jewish vulgarity in which the mere mention of words like 'brisket' and 'klezmer' is automatically presumed to be hilarious.
FilmJerk.com
Edward Havens
Has many of the qualities comedy movie fans have been missing in cinema today: charm, wit, romance and winning performances across the board.
Slant Magazine
Ed Gonzalez
Walter and Douglas stand out in particular.
Compuserve
Harvey S. Karten
'Some people can say a lot without moving their lips' is the perfect tagline for this delightful comedy.
Filmcritic.com
Norm Schrager
nave sincerity gives Dummy a strong tenderness, one completely anchored by Brody's daring and dedicated performance.
TheMovieChicks.com
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
This is a great date movie - it's funny, sweet, and just the right amount of zaniness to keep it from being too sappy.
The Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
It's no surprise that Brody, Douglas, Walter and Leibman make for one highly entertaining, if messed up, family unit, but the big revelation here is Jovovich.
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