Rotten
Definitely lives down to its name -- you can see the lips moving on this wooden thing.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Dummy
Sometimes you need a little help finding yourself.
2002 · 1h 31m · R
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Greg Pritikin
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Dummy
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Greg Pritikin Director
- Adrien Brody as Steven Schoichet
- Milla Jovovich as Fangora "Fanny" Gurkel
- Illeana Douglas as Heidi Schoichet
- Vera Farmiga as Lorena Fanchetti
- Jessica Walter as Fern Schoichet
- Ron Leibman as Lou Schoichet
- Jared Harris as Michael Foulicker
- Helen Hanft as Mrs. Gurkel
- Richmond Hoxie as Sorensen
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
70%
Tomatometer
Fresh
[T]he best ventriloquist -stalker -family-drama -romantic -comedy I've seen in, well maybe forever.
Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper
Fresh
Pritikin's shrewd comedy-drama catches a fine flock of family emotions on the wing, and not the over-exposed ones.
Bob Campbell, Newark Star-Ledger
Rotten
What could have been a biting dark comedy is, instead, uninspired and generic.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Fresh
Brody is a real talent, and Illeana Douglas is a riot as his older sister.
Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
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