Dummy

Dummy (2002) is an indie comedy you can watch online on iFILM, with Adrien Brody as Steven — a laid-off clerk still stuck in his parents' house alongside a sharp-tongued sister.

Steven's plan to restart his life is an odd one: he takes up ventriloquism. The dummy on his arm says everything he can't — it flirts, it picks fights, it blurts out the truth at the worst moments. Meanwhile he asks out his unemployment counselor (Vera Farmiga) and leans on a wedding-obsessed best friend (Milla Jovovich) whose "help" mostly makes things worse.

Writer-director Greg Pritikin keeps it small and awkward on purpose. Brody, a year before The Pianist, plays against type; Jessica Walter steals scenes as the neurotic mom. It's a film about grown-ups who never learned to speak up. Stream Dummy (2002) online on iFILM.