Dummy

Adrien Brody followed up his Oscar-winning role in “The Pianist” with this quirky romantic comedy. He plays a shy ventriloquist who finds love with a kindhearted employment counselor (Vera Farmiga). The always watchable Illeana Douglas costars as his unmarried older sister. Milla Jovovich is fun as his pal, a punk rocker., The sophomore effort from writer and director Greg Pritikin, who previously co-directed and acted in 1998’s Totally Confused, Dummy stars Oscar winner Adrien Brody (The Pianist, Summer of Sam) as Steven, a recently unemployed ne’er-do-well who has difficulty expressing himself. Steven’s best friend is Fanny, an aspiring singer played by Milla Jovovich (The Fifth Element, Resident Evil) who, along with Steven, is just looking for her niche. Eventually Fanny takes a shine to Yiddish music and Steven finds he has a knack for ventriloquism. Through his newfound talent, Steven discovers that he is able to overcome his social problems through his dummy and decides to try impressing and winning the heart of Lorena, played by Vera Farmiga (Autumn in New York, 15 Minutes). The winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2003 Santa Barbara Film Festival, Dummy also stars Illeana Douglas and Jared Harris., Adrian Brody, in his last pre- The Pianist role, plays a shy clerk from an over-bearing Jewish family who throws up his job to try and realise his dream of being a ventriloquist. Sent for unemployment counselling, he and counsellor have an affair but Brody can only express himself through his dummy in Greg Pritkin’s comedy romance.