Mannequin | | Cast : | Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall | | Director : | Michael Gottlieb | | Studio : | Mgm/Ua Studios | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | February 13, 1987 | | DVD Released Date : | December 26, 2001 | | Language : | Spanish (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | September 21, 2004 | | Summary | A guilty pleasure | Content
 | "Mannequin" is one of those movies where critics completely raked it over hot coals because the premise of the film is too silly but was a box office hit. Although an artistic bomb, I loved "Mannequin". I saw it in the theatre back in 1987. Still love it to this very day.
Andrew McCarthy plays Jonathan Switcher, a starving artist who moves from one job to another aimlessly because he focuses too muchon creating artwork as opposed to simply doing his job. One of his jobs was putting together mannequins for department stores. Before being let go, Jonathan finally creates his masterpiece. A few jobs later he comes across the same mannequin at his latest job working for Claire Prince Timkins(Estelle Getty). The mannequin comes to life as Ema 'Emmy' Hesire (played by a young Kim Cattral). Sparks immediately flies between the two. The only catch is that Jonathan can only see her while everyone else can see her only as a mannequin. The premise is silly but harmless. James Spader played the same smarmy, oily character as he usually does in a lot of his films (which is a good thing) as Mr. Richards, the head of the employment dept. at the store. G.W Bailey as Capt. Felix Maxwell was hilarious with his dogs Rambo I and II but the showstealer here was Meschach Taylor as the flamboyant Hollywood Montrose with his over the top sunglasses. He was hysterical. My favorite moment in the film was when Jonathan took Emmy out on his motorcycle and they pass an elderly couple in a car, not to mention the car chase when Felix and Mr. Richards pursues the pair. "Mannequin" may not be high art but I love this film.
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| Rating | | | Date | September 05, 2004 | | Summary | A LOVE STORY!!!! | Content
| I LOVE THIS MOVIE ABOUT ANDREW MCCARTHY FALLING IN LOVE WITH EMMY. EMMY WAS SUPPOSED TO MARRY CHIS COLUMBUS BUT HAD AN ACCIDENT DURING THE ANCIENT TIMES AND ENDED UP BEING A MANNEQUIN. ANDREW MCCARTHY GETS A JOB AT A DEPARTMENT STORE WORKING AT NIGHT AND A MANNEQUIN COMES ALIVE BEFORE HIS EYES AND HE WOULD BE THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD SEE OR TALK TO HER. BUT IN THE END SHE BECOMES ALIVE AND THEY END UP GETTING MARRIED.
WHAT A GREAT LOVE STORY!!!!!! THIS MOVIE KIND OF MAKES YOU THINK IF OTHER MANNEQUINS COME ALIVE.(JUST KIDDING)!!! |
| Rating | | | Date | August 22, 2004 | | Summary | I don't care what the critics say.... | Content
| This is among my very most favorite movies... despite what the critics had to say about it. It provided plenty of action, commedy, and the music score was second to none. OK, so the premise is a little odd... but it was at least an imaginative modification of "The Frog Prince". This particular "frog", Emmy, played aptly by Kim Cattral, was an rescued from an unwanted arranged marriage in ancient Egypt, and reincarnated several times over the centuries. She eventually ends up in 1980's America as a mannequin that no one other than Jonathan, the male lead, can see as a living woman. She turns back into a mannequin if anyone else looks at her. It ends up developing into a love story of sorts, and ends... well, I won't give away the entire story. One item that I found especially noteworthy is that when Emmy is given the precious gift of life, the very first thing she does when she realizes it is to look to Heavens and thank the gods (Emmy was polytheistic remember). We should all take that attitude when Good Things happen to us. I guess the polytheistic bend is what got it past the atheistic Hollywood censors. This is also quite possibly what got the bad reviews. God forbid that a supreme being be credited for anything! |
| Rating | | | Date | May 26, 2004 | | Summary | A live mannequin | Content
| Andrew McCarthy,back in 1986 when he was a teen idol,co-starred with Kim Cattrall in this hysterical romance film. Jonathan Switcher(McCarthy) has held,but not for long,various jobs. Some of those jobs only lasted a few hours! But that all changed when Jonathan came to a department store and found his main superior,a late 50ish-early 60ish woman,very sweet and loving. He did everything at the store. He was a sales clerk,manager and even a security guard. At the store,in one of the ladies' departments,he discovers a beautiful female mannequin who comes alive. Cattrall,is the mannequin named Emmy. She even becomes the girl of his dreams! Jonathan couldn't be happier. Another security guard(G.W. Bailey) finds Jonathan pretending the mannequin is a real woman and romancing it. To everyone except Jonathan until the final scene,Emmy is an "it". James Spader plays one of Jonathan's immediate supervisors. Steve Vinovich is the store's president. Jonathan had broken up with his pre-Emmy girlfriend. So the girlfriend and her new boyfriend spy on Jonathan in the store and with a camera. Jonathan and Emmy are riding a motorcycle in one scene in formal apparel,with Jonathan operating the vehicle. Everyone else observes the "it" behind Jonathan on the bike. Jonathan almost lost Emmy to a trash incinerator in operation. The shoes she wore were destroyed by the incinerator. Bailey's and Vinovich's characters were taken into police custody after committing some kind of devious crime. The surveillance camera caught them in the act. It was then when the mannequin "died" and "was reincarnated as" a real woman. In the final scene,we see Jonathan and Emmy tying the knot. The featured song is "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now",recorded by Starship. Bailey and Cattrall previously appeared in 1984's POLICE ACADEMY. |
| Rating | | | Date | February 17, 2004 | | Summary | A Kooky Classic | Content
| I recently tried to watch my old "Mannequin" VHS but it wouldn't work. Fortunately, my boyfriend was aware of my disappointment and ameliorated the situation by purchasing this 1980's farce. So, I watched it, and enjoyed it thoroughly. "Mannequin" follows a sculptor working at a mannequin factory who just got fired for making the darn things too slow. He lovingly chooses each body part, and truly cares for this unacknowledged "art" form. But soon enough, the quirky mannequinphile finds another job making window displays for a large store. He is successful at this in that people come from all around to see what his latest display is, but he is also looked at as much nuttier because he has fallen in love with a mannequin! She is played by the fabulous Kim Cattrall (sp?) of the HBO hit "Sex and the City" (she hasn't aged a bit since this film I might add!) Of course, he sees and interacts with her as a real person, but everyone else just sees a lifeless hunk of plastic in fashionable new clothing. How does it end? You just have to watch it... it's not a serious film, but provides many laughs for all (read: cheesy dance/song numbers, corny jokes, and the pop culture of the 1980's that is represented)!!!! |
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