Dummy (2003)

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• moon r

  
  Its contrived and sometimes, er, wooden, but the characterizations and charm are better than the flaws in this typical romcom where the eternal nerd eventually wins the girl of his dreams. Adrian Brody is again good but the film is nearly stolen by a surprising and animated Milla… More
  Its contrived and sometimes, er, wooden, but the characterizations and charm are better than the flaws in this typical romcom where the eternal nerd eventually wins the girl of his dreams. Adrian Brody is again good but the film is nearly stolen by a surprising and animated Milla Jovovich.

• Daniel J D

  
  It's awkward humor that works. Milla Jovovich, as Fanny/Fangora, the consummate clueless wannabe rockstar, is brilliant, and you'd never know it from her later films. Everyone else is delightfully awkward/quirky/believable. Sadly, it all ends in all-too typical rom-com… More
  It's awkward humor that works. Milla Jovovich, as Fanny/Fangora, the consummate clueless wannabe rockstar, is brilliant, and you'd never know it from her later films. Everyone else is delightfully awkward/quirky/believable. Sadly, it all ends in all-too typical rom-com fashion, but it's certainly worth watching anyway.

• Conner R

  
  I actually really admire that Adrien Brody chose to follow up The Pianist with Dummy. This movie is all kinds of bizarre and really nails a sense of awkwardness without having that typical "indie" look. It's genuinely funny and I can honestly say that I laughed out loud… More
  I actually really admire that Adrien Brody chose to follow up The Pianist with Dummy. This movie is all kinds of bizarre and really nails a sense of awkwardness without having that typical "indie" look. It's genuinely funny and I can honestly say that I laughed out loud multiple times, which doesn't happen too often. Adrien Brody's nerdy performance as a makeshift ventriloquist is way too hilarious and impossible to not enjoy. Also, Milla Jovovich's wacko grunge character is great too. It's a unique comedy that doesn't alienate, but really just attempts to try new things with a familiar formula.

• Morgan S

  
  This was a great movie!! If you love adriend Brody or even if you dont like him I highly highly recommend seeing this movie. So much quirky comedy. Milla Jovovich's character almost steals the show! She is great and this movie showed she really is an actress with range. I… More
  This was a great movie!! If you love adriend Brody or even if you dont like him I highly highly recommend seeing this movie. So much quirky comedy. Milla Jovovich's character almost steals the show! She is great and this movie showed she really is an actress with range. I believed her the whole time and she is just hillarious! I love it when Brody plays awekward unsure guys, He is just adorable!! and with the puppet (wich is usually pretty creepy) he managed to actually make me laugh instead of cringe! This is just a fun funny movie. See it for Adrien Brody and Milla Jovovich's performances alone! :D that is how I felt watching this movie. :D

• _kelly .

  
  Milla Jovovich steals the spotlight in the primary supporting role as a wannabe punk rocker learning how to play Klezmer for her first gig (a wedding). Adrien Brody is stellar as reserved and odd central character. Jessica Walter does a great job as the overbearing mother (lol when… More
  Milla Jovovich steals the spotlight in the primary supporting role as a wannabe punk rocker learning how to play Klezmer for her first gig (a wedding). Adrien Brody is stellar as reserved and odd central character. Jessica Walter does a great job as the overbearing mother (lol when doesn't she do this role well?!?) obsessed with making people sandwiches.Of course, Illeana Douglas is also awesome, playing Brody's sister, a struggling thirty something wedding planner who is temporarily living at home again after an unhealthy romance with a deranged stalker accountant-turned-actor. A fun little romcom that isn't a waste of time. Decent script, with its only flaw being that it ends a little too conveniently packaged. Worth it for Jovovich's performance alone.

• Tim S

  
  Enlightening and funny.

• ♥˩ƳИИ &

  
  Adrien Brody, Milla Jovovich, Illeana Douglas 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.… More
  Adrien Brody, Milla Jovovich, Illeana Douglas 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Very odd movie. Quirky funny. It's not a bad film, just a little on the strange side. Another dysfunctional family flick. Not a bad watch if you like weird movies..

• Leigh R

  
  Odd, yet very intriguing.

• Michael G

  
  This is one of the most cracked out movies I've ever seen. Milla Jovovich was a riot! I didn't like it as much the second time I saw it. The story got kind of weak toward the end and if it wasn't for the weirdness that ran thin toward the end it's not particularly… More
  This is one of the most cracked out movies I've ever seen. Milla Jovovich was a riot! I didn't like it as much the second time I saw it. The story got kind of weak toward the end and if it wasn't for the weirdness that ran thin toward the end it's not particularly worth it. Worth it for the quirk, but not so much the story.

• El Hombre I

  
  Dummy is the story of Steven, an aging twenty-something who lives at home with his parents and sister who are mildly nuts themselves. With a little wooden man on his lap, Steven breathes life into a character that doesn't have a name but becomes a sort of alter-ego that helps… More
  Dummy is the story of Steven, an aging twenty-something who lives at home with his parents and sister who are mildly nuts themselves. With a little wooden man on his lap, Steven breathes life into a character that doesn't have a name but becomes a sort of alter-ego that helps Steven break out of his shell, so essentially Brody is playing two roles. Illeana Douglas is always a treat and Milla Jovovich turned in a nice performance and is actually likable. Enjoyable movie that shows Brody can make you laugh almost as much as he's made audiences cry in later films. <a href="http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj203/goji9000/?action=view¤t=dummy-close-up-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i273.photobucket.com/albums/jj203/goji9000/dummy-close-up-2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

• Curtis L

  
  Odd. Milla's character was pretty cool in the end.

• Mark A

  
  A sweet story about a bashful, socially backward man who follows his dream and finds true love with a woman who has been hurt in her previous relationships. The family dynamics were painful to watch and went a long way to explain where the brother (Brody), his friend (Jovovich), and… More
  A sweet story about a bashful, socially backward man who follows his dream and finds true love with a woman who has been hurt in her previous relationships. The family dynamics were painful to watch and went a long way to explain where the brother (Brody), his friend (Jovovich), and his sister (Douglas) found themselves. I found it hard to believe the girl (Farmiga) would fall for a guy like that, but was able to suspend my disbelief and let it take me where it wanted to go.

• Mike N

  
  Discovered a delicious wine last night while hangin' with a couple of siblings at a swankified wine bar. It's called Loica Carmenere ("Car-min-yay!"). It's an oaky, confident red wine from Argentina with a sustained, but not obtrusive, fruity flavor. Perhaps… More
  Discovered a delicious wine last night while hangin' with a couple of siblings at a swankified wine bar. It's called Loica Carmenere ("Car-min-yay!"). It's an oaky, confident red wine from Argentina with a sustained, but not obtrusive, fruity flavor. Perhaps most likened to a pinot, the flavor certainly stood erect after my, uh, [size=1]three [/size][size=2]glasses. I also had goblin-red teeth afterwards, and brushed my teeth twice last night just to chase it away for good. Anyway, I recommend this slightly bitter, but ultimately triumphant wine to to those who like sampling something new. I will certainly get a bottle at some point.[/size] In the latest hilarious craze, I now have a g-funkified page to share with you: [url="http://sites.gizoogle.com/?url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/journal_view.php?journalid=10323"]http://sites.gizoogle.com/?url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/journal_view.php?journalid=10323[/url] Gangsta Cowboy! Also, I wish you all a disco Thanksgiving! Not only is this my Thanksgiving greeting to all you loyalists to the Kingdom of Neum, this is the first known example of chest hair on a turkey. Toodles! [font=Arial][url="http://www.msn.americangreetings.com/view.pd?i=382219626&m=1652&rr=y&sou"][color=#800080]http://www.msn.americangreetings.com/view.pd?i=382219626&m=1652&rr=y&sou[/color][/url][/font]

• Chihoe H

  
  Following Adrien Brody's Steven as he purchases himself a dummy to become a ventriloquist, "Dummy" not only has an interesting premise, it has a lot of heart and soul. Steven's introversion, the unusual friendship with the eccentric Fangora, his budding romance… More
  Following Adrien Brody's Steven as he purchases himself a dummy to become a ventriloquist, "Dummy" not only has an interesting premise, it has a lot of heart and soul. Steven's introversion, the unusual friendship with the eccentric Fangora, his budding romance with his employment counselor Lorena, and cracks within his dysfunctional family are touched upon. The truthful and poignant performances of Brody, Milla Jovovich, Vera Farmiga, and Illeana Douglas give depth and relevancy to this quirky, coming-of-age film.

• Laurence C

  
  Dummy's characters are such a pleasure to watch interact that Pritikin's very lightweight dramedy qualifies as a great time. It's no surprise that Douglas and Brody shine in every scene they appear in, but the big revelation here is Jovovich, showing some serious… More
  Dummy's characters are such a pleasure to watch interact that Pritikin's very lightweight dramedy qualifies as a great time. It's no surprise that Douglas and Brody shine in every scene they appear in, but the big revelation here is Jovovich, showing some serious comedic chops as the raging-against-the-machine, ratty-haired, camouflage-wearing Fangora. Well worth a look.

• Jason R

  
  Quirky, and funny... Dummy tells the story of a very odd and sheltered 30-year old man who learns to better communicate his feelings through a ventriloquist dummy. Adrien Brody has always been a top-notch actor who gives these really great performances and this is probably one of my… More
  Quirky, and funny... Dummy tells the story of a very odd and sheltered 30-year old man who learns to better communicate his feelings through a ventriloquist dummy. Adrien Brody has always been a top-notch actor who gives these really great performances and this is probably one of my favorites, but surprisingly Milla Jovovich whom I have only seen in a handful of movies, and despite being great in the Resident Evil films never did much for me until I saw her in this film, as this was truly a great performance as a foul mouthed punk rocker named,Fangoria and Jovovich literally steals the movie from a truly talented group of actors. Dummy is a really great dark comedy and was a real treat to watch, so definitely check this one out.

• Sarah P

  
  This was a great and fun movie. In the first few minutes I thought to myself, why didn't they get John Cusack for this? But Adrien Brody pulled it out and gave a great performance.

• Marion R

  
  I really liked it. This film was just up my alley. I found it charming, funny, heartwarming and Brody was so hot!

• Leo L

  
  FANTASTIC MOVIE!! LOVE IT!!

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