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DVD Details
- Rated: PG
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 24 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Originally Released: 2010
- Label: Magnolia Entertainment
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Directed by | Mark Goffman |
Entertainment Reviews:
3 stars out of 5 -- The resulting distillation is brisk, light and engaging...
Box Office
Rating: 3/4 --
The world of ventriloquists is a fascinating one (especially if you, too, once had your own mail-order Mortimer Snerd dummy). And it comes to real life in the gentle documentary "Dumbstruck."
Newark Star-Ledger
Rating: 1.5/4 --
I imagine there is an audience that's dying to find out where the next great ventriloquist is coming from, but "Dumbstruck" does not have much appeal for folks who aren't already fascinated by this topic.
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Quirky, if uneven.
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Los Angeles Times
Rating: 2/4 --
What a bunch of dummies.
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New York Post
Rating: 3.5/4 --
"Dumbstruck" will give you an appreciation in the effort and talent needed to be a ventriloquist.
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Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Rating: 3/5 --
Instead of shooting for real insight, the smoothly-edited doc maintains a pleasant course, as troubled artists continually navigate between compromise and concession.
Boxoffice Magazine
Product Description:
Filmmakers Mark and Lindsay Goffman train the spotlight on five ventriloquists who have devoted their lives to making audiences laugh with the help of some truly colorful friends. When withdrawn 13-year-old Dylan finds his voice in the form of a flippant black puppet named Reggie, his father just wishes he would put down the doll and play football. Meanwhile, former beauty queen Kim keeps schoolkids in stitches while seeking a job on a cruise ship, veteran cruise-ship performer Dan strives to stay in his wife's good graces, Terry makes a play for the top prize on AMERICA'S GOT TALENT, black sheep Wilma brings smiles to senior citizens and Walmart shoppers, and a visit to the annual Vent Haven convention in Ft. Mitchell, KY, finds ventriloquists from all around the world converging to exchange jokes and bond through puppetry.