- 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 - DVD MovieOscar®-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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