Dummy
Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment | Release Date: September 12, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
48
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
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5
Mixed:
5
Negative:
2
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80
Film ThreatEric Campos
With this marvelous cast of characters and the comic brilliance of writer/director Greg Pritikin, nary a minute goes by that you're not slapping your knee with laughter. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
A romantic comedy of considerable charm and humor. Read full review
75
PremierePeter Debruge
It's the details that make Dummy such a winner. By way of comparison, consider last summer's "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," in which each actor put a heartfelt spin on his or her one-joke character (the father who believes that Windex cures everything). Well, here's an entire movie built on nuggets like that. Read full review
70
VarietyTodd McCarthy
At this stage, Pritikin shows considerably more aptitude for writing than for directing, and the exuberant eruptions of humor lead one to suspect he should try for outright comedy next time and forget the sentiment. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Jovovich needed a steadying hand to keep her from flying out of her socks, and Pritikin, on his maiden solo as a director, couldn't or didn't have the heart to provide it. Read full review
50
The New York TimesDave Kehr
A mildly engaging addition to that curious sub-genre of American independent filmmaking, the whimsical comedy of Long Island alienation. Read full review
50
New York PostV.A. Musetto
What could have been a biting dark comedy is, instead, uninspired and generic. The contrived, everybody's-happy finale just makes things worse. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
It's repetitive and obvious but somehow endearing, like a truly ugly dog with sweet eyes. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
A contrived little comedy, Dummy definitely lives down to its name -- you can see the lips moving on this wooden thing. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyElla Taylor
Milla Jovovich, as Steven's Yiddish-spouting punk-rocker friend, is so bad, she's downright entertaining. Read full review
30
Village VoiceMark Holcomb
It has Adrien Brody in his last pre-"Pianist" role, leading one to assume that the film -- which veers torpidly from antic humor to mortifying sentimentality -- would have remained shelved were it not for his Oscar coup. Read full review
16
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
Serves up the sort of shrill ''satire'' of middle-class Jewish vulgarity in which the mere mention of words like ''brisket'' and ''klezmer'' is automatically presumed to be hilarious. Read full review
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