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- 1987
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 30 m
- 1987
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 30 m
Summary A young artist, searching for his vocation, makes a mannequin so perfect he falls in love with it. Finding the mannequin in a store window, he gets a job there and his creation comes to life.
Directed By: Michael Gottlieb
Written By: Edward Rugoff, Michael Gottlieb
- 1987
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 30 m
- 1987
- PG
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 1 h 30 m
Mannequin
21
6.9
Where to Watch
Summary A young artist, searching for his vocation, makes a mannequin so perfect he falls in love with it. Finding the mannequin in a store window, he gets a job there and his creation comes to life.
Directed By: Michael Gottlieb
Written By: Edward Rugoff, Michael Gottlieb
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
21
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
15% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
85% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
21
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
15% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
85% Negative
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
It's the material that's a problem, its sheer emptiness. Gottlieb and co-writer Ed Rugoff are clumsily trying to re-create something that's better if it's done cannily, with no illusions.
Some sort of combination of a teen-age Bewitched and a Police Academy for department stores.
In place of a real story, there is just the spectacle of stock characters being put through their paces to fill up the time.
In the romantic comedy Mannequin, a dummy comes to life. The movie never does. [18 Feb 1987, p.D6]
Broadly acted and badly directed, the cast never clicks and the gags fall flat. (Or, they stoop to dog flatulence.) This is a movie made for one-stop shoppers.
Mannequin may be loosely described as a variation on Ron Howard's Splash, but with none of that film's charm or wit. [14 Feb 1987, p.5B]
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.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 User Ratings
6.9
50% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
43% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
7% Negative
1 Rating
1 Rating
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 User Ratings
6.9
50% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
43% Mixed
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
7% Negative
1 Rating
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Production Company
Gladden Entertainment,
Cannon Screen Entertainment,
Twentieth Century Fox
Release Date Feb 13, 1987
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating PG
Tagline Jonathan Switcher loved talking to his work, but he never expected it to talk back. Now his life's heading in a different direction.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Fantafestival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
