When her mentor/ex-love dies, renowned ventriloquist Nina Conti decides to honor his final wish and bring his now silent dummies on a pilgrimage to 'Venthaven' the resting place for puppets of dead ventriloquists. That’s right, there really is a place where dead dummies go when they are no longer of use, but the film isn’t really about the creepy museum of the people attending the ventriloquist convention next door. The movie is actually a documentary of Conti trying to sort out her feelings about her mentor, the career path she has taken and whether or not she wants to continue being a ventriloquist despite the fame and fortune the underappreciated art form has brought her. Yes, it’s a little weird that her partner on this journey of self-discovery a fluffy dummy called Monkey, but watching the movie is a lot like watching any great ventriloquist perform: It isn’t long before you forget that Monkey and Conti are the same person and actually start listening to their ‘dialogue’ like it was two friends talking.
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