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Mannequin [1987] [DVD]
enlarge	Director: Michael Gottlieb Actors: Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Estelle Getty, James Spader, G.W. Bailey Studio: MGM Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£12.99~~ Buy New: £3.24 as of 21/11/2009 17:54 GMT details You Save: £9.75 (75%) New (14) Used (9) from £2.30 Seller: twentyfiveorless Rating: 19 reviews Sales Rank: 3828 Format: Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), German (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), French (Subtitled), Greek (Subtitled), Hungarian (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Dubbed), German (Dubbed), Italian (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed) Rating: Parental Guidance Region: 2 Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 86 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5050070008371 ASIN: B00006JI11 Theatrical Release Date: February 13, 1987 Release Date: January 6, 2003 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review This terrible 1987 film stars Kim Cattrall as an ancient spirit from Egypt who occupies the form of a department-store mannequin. A store employee (Andrew McCarthy) is the only one who sees the woman within, and they fall for one another. iMannequin/i is great idea that might have made a nifty romantic comedy in the late 1930s--when Hollywood knew how to make these things--is bungled here. Meshach Taylor (of TV's IDesigning Women/I) is embarrassing as a flamboyant follower of fashion. You want comedies about spirits mingling with mortals? Try ITopper/I or IThe Bishop's Wife/I. I--Tom Keogh/I Amazon.co.uk Review Made in 1987, IMannequin/I represents everything that was naff about late-80s Hollywood: from its bland, boxy, electro-rock soundtrack to its sub-Sarah Ferguson fashion sense to its tawdry sets, flimsy characterisation and cheap slapstick humour (including the mandatory amusing dog). It might be centuries before its radioactive awfulness dies down enough to make it watchable, even as kitsch. IMannequin/I is notionally a romantic comedy in which Andrew McCarthy plays a luckless department store employee and Kim (ISex and the City/I) Cattrall is an Egyptian Princess reincarnated as a shop window dummy, who comes to life when she encounters McCarthy, only to revert to mannequin status when anyone but McCarthy is watching her. With her encouragement, he becomes emboldened in his career as a window decorator as well as falling in love with the Princess. James Spader's oily, stammery executive is just one of the many examples of a film that tries way too hard to be funny, the sort of characterisation that would be barely adequate for a comic TV ad, let alone a 90-minute movie. Still, for fans of ISex and the City/I who might want to feast upon the spectacle of a younger Kim Cattrall, IMannequin/I might offer a measure of relief. p BOn DVD:/B IMannequin/I on disc has just the original trailer as an extra, while no amount of DVD enhancement can conceal the tawdry feel of this movie. --IDavid Stubbs/I

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 19 1 2 3 4 Next » All TIme Great January 21, 2004 James Cameron (a world of my own) 23 out of 23 found this review helpful Okay, I admit it...this is my 2nd all time fave film. I've ben watching it since I was a kid and love it!!! This werid but wondefully funny romantic comedy about a drop out artist what happens when a store window mannequin which he built, fell in love with, and can't seem to get over; comes to life!pKim catrall is at her acting best as Emmy, an Eyptian who has been bouncing around time looking for her one true love. Andrew McCarthy is wonderfull as the slightly bumbling Jonathan Switcher. James Spader makes one of his rare comic appearances as McCarthy's boss, and a wondefull supporting cast makes this a must have chick-flick!!!pAll I can say is buy it now! Mannequin August 8, 2003 Tiranova (Bristol United Kingdom) 20 out of 22 found this review helpful This is one of my all time favourite movies. Its a feel good movie, and at the end has you singing the theme tune at the top of your voice. I totally love it, and I am not being sarcastic when I write this. Its a classic! Feel good fun in a dream like movie December 31, 2007 Top Cat (Somewhere in England, apparently) 5 out of 5 found this review helpful I'll start bluntly by saying that I'm a man. That's to no surprise, as you've guessed from my username, but I just thought i'd point this out as the lads I know have laughed at me for buying this on DVD, believing it to be more of a chic flic. All I can say is, Screw them! I've loved this film since I was a kid! br /The 80's was a... hmm, 'diverse' time for films. You look at such momentous movies, and then their is the selection towards the end of the decade that could be cheesy enough to make a mouse fat. However, I want to make it clear that I love cheesy films, despite certain peoples arrogance towards them because they take them too seriously (their own fault). But of course, their is no escaping the fact that Mannequin falls into the category of borderline criminal when it comes to amateur acting. From the many times i've watched it however over the past decade or so, I can recall this being the only 'cringing' part of the film. But hey, that's what makes a good cheesy film! Why didn't they just create a separate genre for films like these? br /The plot has always for me had a real awe about it - something you can go to bed at night dreaming about, because it's so special. Unfortunately, in low budget style, it's a rushed animation during the credits that reveals how Emmy became a 'Mannequin', but rest assured it has never made an impact on how I've watched this film! To be honest, it would have still been nice even if Emmy the Mannequin had just suddenly come to life. But the writers decided that her origins lay back in Egypt; 2000 and something years B.C. With the haziness of these peoples history, the story tells us that Emmy has the power to go back and forth through and time, and that eventually, she ended up in 1987 in the form of a Mannequin, where the film starts. br /But rather than being thrown into the deep end, we get to grips with the cast of characters. Andrew McCarthy plays a very luckless, and indeed jobless Johnathon Switcher, who's having trouble 'keeping' a job rather than getting them. As he suggests later on in a job interview, "I've had all the work experience possible".. I might try that one time! While McCarthy does a descent effort playing the young man who wants a creative and aspiring job, he has one of those faces that makes you keep thinking he reminds of you someone. Never mind, it must be a personal thing! br /His seemingly 'lasting' job finally arrives when he saves the life of the store owner of one of the towns leading department stores, and the humble 'oldish' woman gives him a place in the store dishing out goods on the rails. br /So where does the Mannequin come into it, you're probably wondering. Well with some 'dummy making' experience under his belt, Johnathon simply can;t help but want to fiddle around in the front window, playing with the dummies. Enter the incredibly beautiful Kim Catrall (I think she is anyway!) as one of the mannequins springs to life... br /From here on, you could say it's much of a ride, so I won't spoil the fun. The reason I love Mannequin though is simply because of its dream-like story. The film doesn't step foot on the boundaries of violence or similar themes, but keeps a hold of that sense of danger. With Emmy only coming to life when no-ones looking at her except Johnathon, it brings a romantic and lustful feel to it in times of panic, and when they're alone. And with most of their activities being held inside the store at night, with the whole place a playground for them, its the stuff dreams are made of. br /What's more, it has something no modern film can... that synthy 80's soundtrack! As a DJ myself, I would do "anything" to live in the 80's as an older teen/adult, and be in clubs back when they were safer, dancing and playing such great music. For the film, it brings a good feeling and of course, adds a bit of nostalgia. Long live the 80's! br /I don't care if my dad the sad old git hates cheesy films like this, I absolutely love them! Mannequin is to me, the ultimate feel good film, and it'll send you to bed with happy thoughts in your own world :o) Romantic Classic that stands the test of time June 9, 2008 M. C. Crawley (Northern Ireland) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful Mannequin is a fresh feel good romantic comedy which brings together Andrew Mc Carthy (Jonathan) with his boyish br /looks and a young Kim Cattrall (sex and the City) in a well matched romantic tale of a mannequin(Cattrall) that comes to life in a department store where Jonathan window dresses to compete with a neighbouring store whose staff would do anything to sabotage Jonathan's efforts...among these is a young James Spader acting as the infamous baddie and a spy....Needless to say there are much mischief that both parties get into in this delightful tale enhanced by a colourful character and supporting actor who almost steals the show by the name of Hollywood...look out for him (I think) and a fabulous musical track of the time....simplistic but very effective not to many will dislike mannequinn ...it comes highly recommended... Yes...the worst of the eighties...but still a good watch March 19, 2006 Sandman (Sheffield, UK) 5 out of 6 found this review helpful Seen this movie loads of times. Will watch it again. Kim Cattrall...mmm. Feelgood movie, good memories of that part of my life. Whatever you want to call it. Love the movie. Still raises a smile. Can#x27;t get the sound track tho#x27;. Shame Showing reviews 1-5 of 19 1 2 3 4 Next »

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