Mannequin

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Mannequin

PG

Released Feb 13, 1987

1h 29m

Romance

Comedy

Fantasy

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Jonathan Switcher (Andrew McCarthy), an unemployed artist, finds a job as an assistant window dresser for a department store. When Jonathan happens upon a beautiful mannequin he previously designed, she springs to life and introduces herself as Emmy (Kim Cattrall), an Egyptian under an ancient spell. Despite interference from the store's devious manager (James Spader), Jonathan and his mannequin fall in love while creating eye-catching window displays to keep the struggling store in business.

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Critics Consensus

Mannequin is a real dummy, outfitted with a ludicrous concept and a painfully earnest script that never springs to life, despite the best efforts of an impossibly charming Kim Cattrall.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

This movie is a real curiosity. It's dead. I don't mean it's bad. A lot of bad movies are fairly throbbing with life. Mannequin is dead. The wake lasts 1 1/2 hours, and then we can leave the theater.

Rated: 0.5/4

Mar 19, 2019

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Gavin Bainbridge

Empire Magazine

A pallid shopfloor fairytale with absolutely no magic to speak of.

Rated: 1/5

Mar 19, 2019

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Dave Kehr

Chicago Tribune

There`s some solid talent here, but Gottlieb's overemphatic direction reduces them all to broad caricature -- the kind of crazed mugging that isn't often seen outside the boundaries of Saturday morning kiddie shows.

Rated: 1/4

Mar 19, 2019

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

...it's a load of old cobblers...

Rated: 2/5

Sep 2, 2021

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

The tone of the film is very light but exceptionally silly.

Rated: 4/10

Sep 6, 2020

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

It was fairly terrible back in 1987, and probably terribly fair by 2020 standards.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 22, 2020

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KEN W

Got to watch Mannequin when I was young and it instantly became one of my favorites. The movie has a great cast and the story was simply what a RomCom needs, an easy to digest and yet flavorful fantasy that is perfect for the hopeless romantics with purest minds. The movie has many corny humors, but they somehow fit into this otherwise touching advanture of a young underdog pursuing his own romantic happiness. It’s a movie that can make one feel young and naive again~

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/22/25

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Carly K

Fun, lightheared movie, really enjoyed this

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/29/24

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alan g

An attempt at a modern translation of Pygmalion and Galatea but it falls flat. Kim Cattrall is great but the rest of the cast are nonexistent.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

12/27/24

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Erin M

One of the great rom coms from the 80’s. Great actors and soundtrack and I’ve watched this many times and it’s always entertaining and feel good movie!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/18/24

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J D

80s magic all the way, couldnt exist in any other decade...a timeless piece of silly but memorable entertainment

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/31/24

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David F

There was some endearing 80s nostalgia, and McCarthy vs. Spader is always a good element to have in your film, but the plot about a department store dummy who comes to life was pretty weird.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

07/07/24

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Synopsis

Jonathan Switcher (Andrew McCarthy), an unemployed artist, finds a job as an assistant window dresser for a department store. When Jonathan happens upon a beautiful mannequin he previously designed, she springs to life and introduces herself as Emmy (Kim Cattrall), an Egyptian under an ancient spell. Despite interference from the store's devious manager (James Spader), Jonathan and his mannequin fall in love while creating eye-catching window displays to keep the struggling store in business.

Director: Michael Gottlieb
Producer: Art Levinson
Screenwriter: Edward Rugoff, Michael Gottlieb
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Gladden Entertainment
Rating: PG
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 13, 1987, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 16, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $34.9M
Runtime: 1h 29m
Sound Mix: Surround

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