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Dummy

2008 15

Overall rating: 3 out of 5
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Dummy is a coming of age drama about two young brothers whose lives are thrown into turmoil when their mother dies suddenly, leaving them to fend for themselves. While Danny loses himself in music, sex and drugs, his younger brother Jack takes action – transforming, with the help of some make-up and his mother’s old clothes, a life size mannequin into a brand new ‘mummy’ for him to talk to. Jack’s obsession with this new member of the family leads to both comic misunderstandings and bitter antagonism as the pair battle through grief, anger and denial. Finally, the boys intense struggle to survive in an upside-down world leads to a new understanding that gives them both hope for the future.

Dummy details

Format:	15 DVD
Starring:	Thomas Grant, Aaron Johnson, Emma Catherwood, Therese Bradley, Moira Brooker, Jerome Blake, Andrew Havill, Michael Palmer, Morgan Symes, Leo Wringer
Director:	Matthew Thompson
Genre:	Drama
Studio:	LIONS GATE HOME ENTERTAINMENT

DVD 1 disc

Name	Discs
Dummy	15 Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	1 hour 25 minutes
Rental release:	25 Jun 2012
Main languages:	English

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Bizarre, clumsy and pointless

By Attamoose (3 reviews) , 03 Jan 2013

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The intriguing concept draws you in but the events along the way are just too obvious, crude and clunky. The characters are two dimensional lacking depth and originality, and the dialogue consists of f words and grunts - cos they are coming of age of course so why bother giving them dialogue - see all too obvious. It all leaves you a bit grossed out, caring little about the characters but very disappointed you wasted time that could have been better spent watching a film with real depth such as Tyrannosaur.
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Bizarre, clumsy and pointless

By Attamoose (3 reviews) , 03 Jan 2013

The intriguing concept draws you in but the events along the way are just too obvious, crude and clunky. The characters are two dimensional lacking depth and originality, and the dialogue consists of f words and grunts - cos they are coming of age of course so why bother giving them dialogue - see all too obvious. It all leaves you a bit grossed out, caring little about the characters but very disappointed you wasted time that could have been better spent watching a film with real depth such as Tyrannosaur.
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By bigkiddo (12 reviews) from london , 08 Dec 2009

This is a shocker. It is only worth watching if you want to have a laugh as the film degenerates into tosh. It is shame for Aaron Johnson to have been associated with it, as people have such high hopes for this boy. Script had an interesting idea but was never thought through properly and the younger brother is such a bad kid actor that all hope is blown early own. even my 11 year was laughing at the final package by half way.
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