Mannequin

  • Comedy
  • Romance
  • Fantasy
2/13/1987
89
PG

Just because Jonathan's fallen in love with a piece of wood, it doesn't make him a dummy.

Jonathan Switcher, 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, an Egyptian under an ancient spell. Despite interference from the store's devious manager, Jonathan and his mannequin fall in love while creating eye-catching window displays to keep the struggling store in business.

Revenue:
$42,700,000
Budget:
$6,000,000

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  • John Chard

    Looking in your eyes I see a paradise.

    Mannequin is either a sweet affectionate nostalgia movie or an empty vacuous experience that fronts the bad side of 1980s American film making? Of all the teen comedies and brat packer pictures that flooded the decade, Mannequin appears to be the one that has no in between fan base, you either love it for what it is, or despise it and everything it stands for.

    So how do you review something like that? I mean if you have seen it already and are reading this, you dont need any guidance from me. Your minds are already made up, if you have not seen it and have any interest in the 1980s strand of such fare, then give it a go. Its hardly an abomination, while for fans of Kim Cattrall and Andrew McCart...

    June 16, 2014

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