Dummy

The Schoichets are a somewhat dysfunctional but still loving (or so what somewhat clueless parents Lou and Fern believe) family, with adult offsprings Steven and Heidi still living at home. Failing to become a singer, Heidi is trying to eke out a new career as a wedding planner in the aftermath of a breakup with her ex-fiance Michael, an accountant on who she has a restraining order. Shy Steven, whose only real friend is brash Fangora - Fanny - an aspiring musician in her own right who has a misguided sense of judgment, has just been fired from his office job at an electronics firm. Instead, he wants to work as what is his newfound passion: a ventriloquist. In this process of a career change, Steven meets Lorena, his employment counselor, to who he is immediately attracted. Somewhat endeared to him and his ventriloquism through which he is able to open up more easily than he did without a dummy on his lap, Lorena is nonetheless wary of Steven stemming from his first attempt at a personal relationship with her based on the poor advice provided to him by Fanny, due to her history of bad choices in men, and she, as a single mother, needing to take into consideration her young daughter, Bonnie. The issues with Steven and Heidi and those in their lives come to a head at a wedding they all somewhat by coincidence attend.