Mannequin
Just because Jonathan's fallen in love with a piece of wood, it doesn't make him a dummy.
1987 • 89 min • Comedy · Romance · Fantasy
Synopsis
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.
Our family guide
Best from age 9- 67 Reviewers · 3 · 53%
- 69 Audience · 842 · 47%
An aspiring artist gets a job as a window dresser, only to find his favorite mannequin comes to life, a woman under an ancient spell. Together, they create dazzling displays and fall in love, all while trying to save a struggling department store from a devious manager.
- Violence & peril
- 1/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 1/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 2/10
- Scary moments
- 1/10
Heads up
- Some mild physical comedy
- Brief suggestive remarks
- Minor magical elements
What it models well
- Creativity and imagination flourish
- Finding love in unexpected places
- Perseverance against challenges
- Teamwork helps achieve goals
Talk about it after
- The meaning of true love and connection
- What it means to be alive and human
- Following your passions and dreams
- Dealing with difficult bosses or colleagues
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Top billed cast
Director: Michael Gottlieb • Crew: Edward Rugoff, Michael Gottlieb
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Reviewer notes
RecommendedAfter an altercation with a department store sign, the young “Jonathan” (Andrew McCarthy) saves the day and gets himself a job from it’s owner (Estelle Getty). This is much to the chagrin of the shop’s boss “Richards” (James Spader) especially when he starts to make a great impression on the public with his window displays.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewers<em>'Mannequin'</em> is pure cheese and very silly, but I can't deny it's a nice piece of light entertainment; it's cute, in its own way, too. Andrew McCarthy and Kim Cattrall both fit their respective roles well, so does everyone else on the cast; Meshach Taylor is the standout of the rest. There really isn't much more to say. It's a simple movie and I simply enjoyed it.…
Not recommendedTrusted family reviewersLooking 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.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 6.9/10 (842)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $6,000,000
- Box office
- $42,700,000
- Franchise
- Mannequin Collection
- IMDb
- tt0093493
