Review of Dummy

Dummy (2020)
6/10
Strongest in the early episodes but I'd be intrigued to see where it goes if they make another season...
18 May 2020
Not sure if it works that way on Quibi or if everything is just a one-off...?

I liked it. The early episodes felt the strongest to me - it petered out a little bit in the back half mostly because the story arc didn't seem to really know where it wanted to go. The resolution seemed forced to me in a "guess we gotta wrap this up somehow" kind of way.

Other commenters have noted that the face animation isn't quite there and can be distracting... There's also a plot point with Cody's neighbor in the later episodes that feels pretty gross even for a show that mines a fair amount of humor from discomfort.

All that aside, though, the dialogue is smartly written and often very funny... Anna Kendrick is naturally charismatic as always and well cast here. The episodes are edited well and feel self-contained even when some of them clock in at barely over five minutes long.

Overall worth checking out and you'll know within a few episodes if the humor is for you. There's enough positives for me to feel intrigued at what Ms Heller does next.
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