Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Konterr Brilliant and touching

Cleveronix A different way of telling a story

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

secondtake Dummy (2002)A fun, offbeat, somewhat frivolous charcoal gray comedy. It's hilarious in spots and touching in spots, and has some terrific acting. The overall scenario is a situation comedy, drawn out over the hour and a half, and it might have made a tighter hour long television show. At times it seems to really hit an eccentric tone that's terrific and even a little surreal, as with some of the family interactions, played with beautiful deadpan steadiness. And when it's a moving romantic comedy, you appreciate the restrained, sympathetic acting of several of the leads. There isn't a bad performance in the lot of them.

kramertron It's painfully obvious that this is an indie movie. Not in a Juno/Garden State "I'm going to quirk you to death" kinda of way, but in that the story is not polished at all, there are a lot of loose ends that could have benefited from an extra scene or two, feels made for TV and is just plain blah. The idea was pretty neat, but there was absolutely no setup, and the only exposition to him wanting to get a dummy was him watching the movie at the very beginning.All that said, it had plenty of cute and enjoyable moments. The whole romantic aspect was good, and I liked Mila Jovavich's character, who was perfectly annoying. And I found Adrien Brody's character, and by extension the dummy, pretty interesting.

disdressed12 "Dummy" is basically the story of a shy man who takes up ventriloquism and gains confidence in life.his friend is an unestablished singer in a band who dreams of making it big.Steven(Brody) still lives at home with his parents and his sister Heid.i(Illeana Douglas)to say his family is dysfunctional is an understatement.Milla Jovovvich plays Fangora Steven's friend and aspiring singer.she lives with her mother,who is a total b**ch and seems to think the only reason Fangora is around is to run errands for her.Vera Farmiga plays Lorena,who works in the employment office where Steven Shows up one day after being fired from his job.Farmiga puts in another great performance.She has built a career out of small,sometimes supporting character roles.regardless,she is possibly the most underrated actress out there.as for Jovovich,she is barely recognizable in a very unglamorous,tomboy kind of role,but she pulls it off convincingly.overall this movie is a real gem and should not be missed.if you haven't seen it,you should do so. a very strong 8/10

dhtucker4 This story has been done so many times on film (Neil Simon, Woody Allen, etc.) - typical dysfunctional Jewish/Irish/Italian family. Sure, the acting in some parts is over-the-top (I like the part when Michael says, "My drinking is WAY down," when that's not the case). Fangora and Steven form one of the weirdest relationship, and when Fanny talks to Steven about girls and dating, the results are a train wreck (when she gives Steven a Sousa CD, she says "Chicks love classical music." - but NOT marching band music). I can name a short list of actresses that have the chops to play Fangora with all her internal complications. Christini Ricci, Sarah Polly, Virginie Ledoyen, Jaime (aka James) King, Winona Ryder, Clea Duvall, Sarah Silverman, etc. Usually Milla Jovovich's acting in small films is understated (The Claim, Million Dollar Hotel, No Good Deed, etc.) unlike her acting in blockbusters.I never liked Adrian Brody, but his performance as a painfully shy geek was well worth it. What regular man has not been in that situation as a teenager or a young adult? The surrounding cast was pretty good. I like the actress who played Lorena - her acting was seamless. When she spits out the wine in her glass that Steven's mom pours her without saying a word.Dummy broke no new ground to me as a film - in some parts it was a screwball comedy, a coming-of-age slice-of-life, and family dynamics that went awry.