An ex-office worker becomes a ventriloquist, leading to a date with his unemployment counselor; but his quirky family and a gauche female friend may thwart his new career and love life.
Casts Adrien Brody, Milla Jovovich, Illeana Douglas, Vera Farmiga, Jessica Walter, Ron Leibman, Jared Harris, Helen Hanft, Richmond Hoxie, Mirabella Pisani
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Song of Names
All American Drawback
200 Pounds Beauty
Jakob the Liar
Sunshine
Good Girl
God Does Not Believe in Us Anymore
Prime
Train of Life
Dreamgirls
The Jazz Singer
Go for Zucker
Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity
Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special
Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself
Falsettos
Ben-Hur
Only Human
The Actress
Liberty Heights
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Song of Names
IMDB 6.7 | Dec , 2019
A man searches for his childhood best friend, a Polish violin prodigy orphaned in the Holocaust, who vanished decades before on the night of his first public performance.All American Drawback
IMDB 5 | Oct , 1935
The Dean and Board of Flunk Well College are arguing with its football coach, Bergen, about the team's star player, Charlie McCarthy, who is the only reason the team is a winning one, but who isn't doing well academically and could be pulled from the team if his grades and behavior don't improve. In other words, Charlie is a dummy in more ways than one. Beyond other problems Coach Bergen has with Charlie concerning the coach's girlfriend Joan, Coach Bergen has to get Charlie prepared to pass an exam administered by the Dean. Instead of cheating like he usually does, Charlie has his own way of dealing with the exam.200 Pounds Beauty
IMDB 6.8 | Dec , 2006
Hanna, an overweight lip-sync artist who ghost sings for Ammy, a known pop diva, secretly likes Han Sang-jun. When Ammy humiliates Hanna in Han's presence, Hanna decides to undergo a cosmetic surgery.Jakob the Liar
IMDB 6.7 | Sep , 1999
In 1944 Poland, a Jewish shop keeper named Jakob is summoned to ghetto headquarters after being caught out after curfew. While waiting for the German Kommondant, Jakob overhears a German radio broadcast about Russian troop movements. Returned to the ghetto, the shopkeeper shares his information with a friend and then rumors fly that there is a secret radio within the ghetto.Sunshine
IMDB 6.5 | Sep , 1999
The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.Good Girl
IMDB 7.2 | Feb , 2023
After ending a six year relationship, a well-behaved, Jewish, OBGYN decides to turn her brain off and her body on by exploring BDSM; instances of which are popping up in the most unusual places.God Does Not Believe in Us Anymore
IMDB 7 | May , 1982
After his father is murdered by the Nazis in 1938, a young Viennese Jew named Ferry Tobler flees to Prague, where he joins forces with another expatriate and a sympathetic Czech relief worker. Together with other Jewish refugees, the three make their way to Paris, and, after spending time in a French prison camp, eventually escape to Marseille, from where they hope to sail to a safe port.Prime
IMDB 6 | Sep , 2005
A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.Train of Life
IMDB 7.3 | Sep , 1998
In 1941, the inhabitants of a small Jewish village in Central Europe organize a fake deportation train so that they can escape the Nazis and flee to Palestine.Dreamgirls
IMDB 6.7 | Dec , 2006
A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.The Jazz Singer
IMDB 6.1 | Oct , 1927
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer. This is the first full length feature film to use synchronized sound, and is the original film musical.Go for Zucker
IMDB 6.1 | Dec , 2004
Germany director Dani Levy filmed this comedy about Jewish life in today’s Germany along side the familiar east-west conflict. With it great success this film is a joyful comedy of humor and knowledge.Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity
IMDB 6.9 | Sep , 2007
Combining his amazing talent and his unorthodox sense of humor, Jeff Dunham returns, yet again, with a hilarious stand-up comedy and ventriloquist performance. Starting off with the infamously known Walter, scrutinizing every bit of today's American society. Followed by two new characters, Achmed the Dead Terrorist, who continuously threatens the crowd with Silence and Death, and Melvin the Superhero.Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special
IMDB 6.6 | Nov , 2008
The multi-platinum selling comedian performs his first holiday-themed stand-up special with his friends.Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself
IMDB 6.8 | Apr , 2006
A recorded live performance of ventriloquist Jeff Dunham portrays a comedian whose revival of an old-fashioned art has made ventriloquism more relevant to modern societal concerns. Starring his six main characters, from Bubba Jay, a Nascar-obsessed hick, to Peanut, a flamboyant gay monkey, Dunham’s puppets have dirty but inoffensive senses of humor that mock the American Dream.Falsettos
IMDB 8.2 | Jul , 2017
Jewish family man Marvin leaves his wife and son for a male lover during the height of the AIDS crisis in 1980s New York City.Ben-Hur
IMDB 7.9 | Nov , 1959
In ancient Judea, a Jewish aristocrat opposing Roman occupation of his homeland reunites with his childhood friend, now a Roman commander — setting in motion a saga of betrayal, adventure, tragedy, revenge, and faith.Only Human
IMDB 6.2 | Jul , 2004
A mismatched couple discovers that whatever can go wrong will go wrong during a family visit.The Actress
IMDB 0 | Oct , 1988
The year 1933: Successful actress Maria Rheine is in love with her Jewish colleague Mark Löwenthal. When the Nazis implement the racist Nuremberg Laws, their relationship is severely endangered. Defiant Maria decides to stay together with Mark and ends her promising career: She assumes a Jewish identity and continues to work under the name Manja Löwenthal. She and Mark perform at the Jewish Theatre in Berlin, until they become victims of an intrigue: Their colleague Judith, who has a crush on Mark, denounces them to the secret police.Liberty Heights
IMDB 6.6 | Nov , 1999
This semi-autobiographical film by Barry Levinson follows various members of the Kurtzman clan, a Jewish family living in suburban Baltimore during the 1950s. As teenaged Ben completes high school, he falls for Sylvia, a black classmate, creating inevitable tensions. Meanwhile, Ben's brother, Van, attends college and becomes smitten with a mysterious woman while their father tries to maintain his burlesque business.