Thought this would be darker, funnier or more entertaining 2.2

Odd story that just did not resinate with me.

cinegeek.de Our Daily Free Stream: Dummy. Greg Pritikins Dummy gehört zum Sub-Genre amerikanischer Indie Komödien über den Typus des liebenswerten Losers. Der zweideutige Titel bezieht sich auf Adrien Brody, der einen schmerzhaft schüchternen Mann namens Steven spielt. Steven lebt mit Mitte zwanzig noch bei seinen ewig streitenden Eltern und der tragisch unverheirateten grossen Schwester Heidi (Illeana Douglas). ''You look like a child molester", bemerkt Heidi zu Steven mit seinem Dummy auf dem Schoss. Dummy aber ist kein Kind, sondern eine Bauchredner Puppe. Dummy ist viel selbstbewusster und energischer als Steven (und wird von Adrien Brody selbst als Bauchredner gesprochen!). Im Grunde verkörpert Dummy das, was Steven nie werden konnte: Ein unverblümt auftretender unabhängiger Erwachsener. Und wie läuft es mit Steven und den Frauen? Wir edürfen das erleben, wenn er ungeschickt die Mitarbeiterin des Arbeitslosenamtes Lorena (Vera Farmiga) umwirbt... Der ganze Film scheint mir vollgestopft mit unfertigen Erwachsenen; nicht nur Steven und Heidi. Ferner treten auf: Michael (Jared Harris), Heidis voriger Verlobter, der Drogenprobleme hat und die Aussenseiterin aus Stevens alter Schule (Milla Jovovich), die sich jetzt Fangora nennt, um Karriere als Punk Rocker zu machen. Die Beziehung von Steven und Fangora könnte man als das Gegenteil von Sex bezeichnen. Fangora rät ihm, einen Liebesbeweis an Lorenas Tür zu sprayen - was im Desaster endet... So lieb und kindlich sind die Figuren in Dummy, dass der Film eine ganz besondere, freundliche Note bekommt. Fangora schliesslich akzeptiert sogar, mit ihrer Punkband einen Klezmer Gig auf einer Hochzeit zu spielen - ohne auch nur annährend zu wissen, was das überhaupt ist. Solche Momente machen Dummy zu einem ganz eigenständigen Film. Er erfindet das Genre der Indie-Komödie zwar nicht neu, findet aber seinen ganz eigenen Tonfall. Die Klezmer Szene jedenfalls ist unvergesslich komisch! Adrien Brody, dessen Augen fortwährend zu starren scheinen, füllt die Rolle des Steven spielend. Milla Jovovich habe ich nie besser erlebt als in Dummy. Hier beweist sie das Talent zur Komödiantin! Du suchst einen kleinen (grossen) Film zum entdecken? Bitte schön.

Dummy is a really great movie that I underestimate Milla Jovovich. Adrien Brody is really good in it, and does a good job of playing a ventriloquist. It has some good jokes in it, although there are some that I don't even know if I was suppose to laugh or not at it. The script is really good and makes sense in situations that happened. One of the most unexpected highlights of the film that absolutely stole the show, is Milla Jovovich. I only saw her in The Fifth Element which she's good in, and some of the Resident Evil movies which I didn't care about her performance, but in this, she gives a different performance from any of those movies that I seen, and I find her acting to be really great, and she's hilarious which I've never expected her to be funny in this. Dummy is a very funny quirky movie that has the charm and heart from the cast.

Funny at times, yet mostly strange and incoherent in its story.

A lovely and quirky comedy in the vein of "Lars and the Real Girl", "Dummy" not only pulls out several great laughs, but it also has awesome performances from all involved, especially Adrien Brody, Milla Jovovich and Vera Farmiga.

A pretty good indie comedy with likable characters and some good laughs, nothing that makes you laugh out loud, but there was just something missing from this film. It just feels a little incomplete, like there was another layer of depth that was going to be added but it just got left out for whatever reason. While I think that, its core, with Steven, an extreme introvert, only managing to reveal his true personality through the use of his ventriloquist dummy, is a good one, I just don't think the movie goes as far with it as it could've. There was just something lacking from the film's emotional core. The film is well-cast. Adrien Brody is good, Milla Jovovich is good, Jessica Walter is good, Vera Farmiga is good, Illeana Douglas is good. In short, everyone is good here. The film is well-written, it's certainly very sweet, perhaps annoyingly so, but I think that this is well-intentioned. But you know what they say: 'the road to hell is paved with good intentions'. That has absolutely nothing to do with this film, I just did it to make the review a little longer. Yes, I'm pretty much admitting that I'm using filler. It's a conscious decision. Perhaps in my other reviews, if I reiterate points I've already made, then it's probably because I've forgotten about that. It happens, sometimes I go on so long that I don't want to re-read my reviews to see if I repeated too many points. Meh, what else is there to honestly say about this film? Adrien Brody and Very Farmiga are both good individually, and not that they lack chemistry, but they don't really come together as a believable couple. I just didn't seem to believe that these two would ever fall in love with each other. Yea, they may go out a couple of times and they may have some fun, but that's about it. It doesn't go any farther than first base, so to speak. I honestly felt that Steven would've been better off, if you wanted to tell a believable romance, with Fangora, his friend from school. They may be complete opposites, with Fangora being the outgoing, loud, aspiring punk rock artist to Steven's introvert, but I thought there was some good chemistry there between them. And it would've been infinitely more believable if Steven ended up with Fangora. Again, both Vera and Adrien are very good here, but their characters, when put together on film, are just bland as shit. You never get the sense that their relationship is going anywhere, despite the film telling you otherwise. Not to mention the over-reliance on the dummy itself. That's really the one thing that drew Vera's character to Adrien's. She thought he was funny because of his dummy. If it wasn't for the dummy, would Lorena have ever gone out with Steven? Doubtful. Steven's sweet and everything, but there's just nothing about him that would inspire anyone to want to go out with him. He's just someone who, and this is part of the narrative, blends into the background. And this is coming from someone who would describe himself as an introvert. How do you bill a serious relationship with a man who can only ever truly express himself and his true personality through a puppet. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but you cannot build a long-term relationship with someone like that. They'll take nothing seriously. People have to be able to separate the two and I think Steven is unable to do that. Why am I over-analyzing this so much? It's pointless in the long run. Honestly, the entire film, while solid, is too vanilla. It's lacking personality, which is ironic considering that's one of the main themes of the narrative. It's colorless. You will get a few chuckles out of this, the acting is good, and the writing is solid, but a great film this is not. Perfectly fine for a Netflix watch.

What a strange mess this is! Sophomoric, almost embarrassing but at the same time fun to see young stars before they made it big. Adrian Brody shows signs of brilliance and great things to come, Milla Jovovich over the top crazy funny and Vera Farmiga shows her heat even through her innocence. Bad lip syncs and all Dummy is worth 90 minutes just to see old stars working with rising young talent. Oh, and Adrian Brody is a pretty decent Ventriloquist! Ken K.

I loved the first 20 minutes and the last 20

Sweet, heartfelt, quirky, and featuring two unconventionally noteworthy performances from Adrien Brody and Milla Jovovich, "Dummy" is that special kind of indie comedy that knows how to perfectly balance its offbeat humor with just the right amount of dramatic intrigue.

awesome but off the wall .

I have seen this a few times now and quite like it. It's an off-beat indie film with some interesting actors such as Jovovich, Brody and Farmiga. If you're a fan of indie films, give it a try!

How is it that I'm only seeing this now?! This movie is great!

Cute movie, got a little silly at the end. Loved loved loved Milla Jovovich's role.

I liked this movie. It made me think about the 온라인카지노추천 show Soap.

Obvious and conventional, but still sweet and humorous enough to be worth a watch. Also, Farmiga is just so beautiful that I couldn't help but fall in love with the gal.

All the characters in this film was just lovable esp Milla Jovovich. Never seen her act like this and it's nice to see her in a different role as a very animated character. Not a bad flick. Kinda drags at time but Brody/Farmiga/Milla's acting makes up for it BIG TIME!

*** out of **** Greg Pritikin's "Dummy" is more or less significantly unlike most films that deal with the narrative theme of ventriloquism in an attempt to generate both laughs and sympathy for the character who acts as the puppeteer. Perhaps it's only unlike the rest of them because Pritikin's direction and script are both very honest without allowing either to drift off into some sort of bizarre-o fantasy like the ventriloquist at the story's center has. Without the game efforts from its cast and Pritikin's genuine handling of the material, this could have easily been another missed opportunity with the premise, as it is. There's no denying that it's a fairly obvious flick, but it's a charming and engaging one that might just catch you off guard by how much you appreciate it akin to how much you actually like it (depending on your critical state-of-mind). Steven (Adrien Brody) has always wanted to become a ventriloquist. He's ten years out of high school, has just lost his dead-end job due to a copy machine malfunction, and still lives in his home-town, in his parents' house. He is inspired to become a ventriloquist by his socially awkward nature, as he feels very distant from everyone else. This is why after what must have been years of procrastination, he finally gives in and buys a dummy. His sister Heidi (Illena Douglas) and parents stop and stare while the two main women in his life - best friend Fanny (Milla Jovovich) and financial advisor Lorena (Vera Farmiga) - give him as much support as they possibly can. Through the dummy, Steven is able to unlock a part of his personality that seems to have been locked away for a while. He opens up to Lorena and attempts to court her through a series of awkward but charming dates; although she has issues of her own, being an unwed mother of a young child and all. Meanwhile, Heidi is having boyfriend (Jared Harris) problems; and Fanny just wants her garage punk rock band to finally take off. A lot of these characters are people who never left town and haven't gotten anywhere interesting in particular in their individual lives. They are the embodiment of some of our worst fears as young, ambitious human beings; because they come off as less young, and even less than ambitious. The script is repetitive but has a natural flow to it. You'll know whether you dig it or not early on; as the film keeps revealing new things about its characters as it goes along, thus abandoning the standard "throw everything at the viewer at once" cliché that most modern films have embodied. I can see the film being cast and made differently and not working in the slightest; so I'm just glad it gets by with what it's got. Brody is terrific as always in a post-"Pianist" performance, although I think it's Jovovich who's the real stand-out here. The scenes involving her jam sessions are energetic, and the ferocity carries out into a few scenes of genuine, heartfelt emotion. Why Jovovich is so bad in so many other films, I don't know. Maybe she, like her character Fanny, it merely having trouble finding her place. This is not a great film, but it will certainly resonate with a lot of people. The themes of isolation, puppetry, and the desire to be socially accepted in particular were ones I found most relatable, even if "Dummy" fails to truly cut ridiculously deep with any of them. But I can't complain. It's an interesting film that had the potential to give Pritikin plenty of indie cred, but apparently failed to do so (he's still found work, but nothing truly "of note", although I'm sure he's proud of his achievements). "Dummy" nonetheless sees him as a talented storyteller and director who does things his own way, ultimately succumbing to a familiar style but tackling topics with enough raw honesty for me to embrace it and still feel good about the whole thing. As I said, Jovovich is the highlight and her performance is probably the one thing I'll truly remember about this flick at the end of the day; but when I think of Fanny, I'll still be thinking of "Dummy", and here's a film that deserves to be regarded on some genuinely positive level.

Charming little film.

The kind of quirky film the British usually do better than we Americans, but this one is pretty good. Adrian Brody's affecting performance is no surprise, but the way Milla Jovovich shines in her role shows she is capable of more than the action hero genre she's usually stuck in. Jessica Walter and Ron Leibman are excellent as the parents. Dummy illustrates that it takes all kinds to make a world, and we judge those who are a little different too harshly.