Storyline

Steven, nearly 30 and living with his parents, sees an old Edgar Bergen movie on TV and decides to fulfill his longtime dream of becoming a ventriloquist. His beautiful unemployment counselor Lorena finds him work, but puts out a restraining order on him when he paints a thank-you note on her door. Later, this young mother agrees to date him anyway, but finds his bickering family, and his inexperience with women, daunting to a relationship. Steven's sister Heidi is a wedding planner with a drunken ex-fiancé who keeps showing up at the door. His friend Fangora is a pseudo-punk rocker whose sex does not prevent her from giving him terrible advice about women. The wedding of a Jewish girl, who wants Klezmer music and gets something unexpected, will become a turning point in everyone's lives.—J. Spurlin

Plot Keywords

ventriloquist, counselor, punk rocker, friend, accountant, wedding planner, quirky, endearing, charming, suburbia, wedding, performance, stalking, life lessons, family dysfunction, fame, romance, growing up, love, transformation, underdog, 2000s

Short Review

Definitely lives down to its name -- you can see the lips moving on this wooden thing.

Trailer

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