Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!

How sad is this?

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

The acting in this movie is really good.

The universe and my own unique inability to waste time has been keeping me out of the theater lately; so I have been watching some old favorites when I have the chance. Today that chance came in the form of 2002's "Dummy" on IFC. I love movies populated by geeks, freaks and losers and "Dummy" definitely fits the bill. Adrien Brody plays Steven, our lovable but completely inept hero who living with his parents and jobless decides to pursue his secret dream of ventriloquism. Brody does a fantastic job inhabiting this awkward guy and also bringing to life his alter ego, the dummy. Of course, it always helps to throw a clunky pair of glasses on the good looking guy a'la Clark Kent. Great performances also by Illeana Douglas as Steven's sister who lives at home too, blames everybody else for her problems, but realizes she's too old to be asking, "Mom can I please borrow the car today".Some of my biggest praise though goes to Milla Jovovich. She is Fangora (Fanny), Steven's loud obnoxious punk wannabe friend. Think of the person who talks too loud in public and drops the F bomb. You know, the person who might make you regret the eco-friendly decision to use public transportation. I don't think I have enjoyed her so much in a movie besides maybe my first encounter in "The Fifith Element". I hope maybe there is less 3D action zombie movies in her future and maybe something more like "Dummy"In the end it all works out for our geeks, freaks and losers. Steven in some self medication works out his issues via the dummy and lands his love interest(Vera Farmiga). Fangora channels her anger through punk klezmar music. I don't think I can describe it; so check out this YouTube clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRHwyHRfklY&feature=related). Even Steven's sister lets go of her excuses and seems to find her footing. That's the magic of movies because let's face as interesting as characters like these are in movies, knowing them in the real world can be a bitch.

This film is about a talented ventriloquist and his loser life. He finds solace in his dummy and a girl of his dreams."Dummy" is interestingly fun and dark at the same time. Adrien Brody is great as a socially inept individual, he portrays timidness so well. Milla Jovovich plays an emotionally unstable rocker, and she also shines. The dysfunctional family interaction is eye catching. I feel so sorry for Illeana Douglas' character as she sacrificed her dreams to please others. Somehow, these wildly different individuals' interactions form a journey of self fulfillment and happiness.I find "Dummy" an intelligent and multi-layered comedy, I think it deserves a wider audience.

Adrien Brody is quietly wonderful as an unemployed nebbish in his late twenties who stills lives with his parents and has a fascination with ventriloquism; he finally buys a dummy of his own and practices the craft he's dreamed about, yet also realizes (via his new wooden companion) that it may be time to start growing up. Greg Pritikin wrote and directed this low-budget satire of suburban craziness, and seems to harbor an affection for bughouse characters all living on the edge. It isn't an original vision (Hal Hartley was mining this dryly eccentric territory 10 years ago), but it's still surprising how successfully Pritikin manages to pull this intentionally bumpy story together. Milla Jovovich is initially off-putting playing Brody's friend, a foul-mouthed garage rocker, but when she gets her band a job playing klesmer songs at a wedding--and immerses herself in the Jewish language--she reveals an appealing, sassy side that totally fits into Pritikin's offbeat universe. Illeana Douglas and Vera Farmiga are also very fine, and though the construction of the script is caricature-oriented, most of these actors overcome the slight material, revealing something unexpected in the process: a sunny story about weirdos that ultimately celebrates humanity. **1/2 from ****

Writer/Director Greg Pritkin's formula for a brilliant comedy is so simple you wonder why it is not being widely copied. You write a quality screenplay, assemble an ensemble of very strong actors, turn this cast loose to slightly overplay each of your quirky characters, and find a quality editor to creatively assemble the film.Of course writing or finding a screenplay this good is not easy, nor is assembling a dream cast like this one. Getting Adrien Brody, Milla Jovovich, Illeana Douglas, Vera Farmiga, and Jared Harris to play your five main characters is almost unparalleled. All are extremely strong actors who were attracted to this quirky project because Pritkin was willing to turn them loose to play off each other. Because each character in "Dummy" is at least slightly off-kilter these over-the-top performances achieve a wonderful balance.The cast has a Ukrainian favor, with Jovovich playing a hilarious role totally unlike anything you have seen from her (there are some similarities to her "Zoolander" character) and Farmiga who is fantastic as always. The "R" rating is solely due to Milla's language much of which is simply the funniest swearing in film history. Vera is absolutely fantastic as the guest at the family dinner table-less extreme yet funnier than the family dinner scene in the "The Nutty Professor". Jovovich's line about doing the "hora" refers to a dance frequently done at Jewish weddings. If you want to do it at your own wedding here are some instructions: 1. Stand in a circle holding the hands of the people on either side of you. 2. When the music starts, follow the circle as it rotates. 3. Step to the side, passing your left foot behind your right. 4. Move the right foot beside the left foot. 5. Step to the side again, passing your left foot in front of your right this time. 6. Continue as the circle keeps spinning, adding a little hop to your steps as you go faster. 7. Move toward the center of the circle and throw your hands, still holding those of the people beside you, in the air. 8. Lower your hands and move backward. 9. Repeat several times. 10. Resume spinning around the circle.