Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Estelle Getty, G.W. Bailey, James Spader, Meshach Taylor, Carole Davis

Director: Michael Gottlieb

Summary: A young artist sees one of his mannequins in a department store and goes to work there to be close to her. She magically comes to life when he is around, and so begin the hilarious escapades. Academy Award Nominations: Best Song ("Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now").

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Made in 1987, Mannequinrepresents 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. Mannequinis notionally a romantic comedy in which Andrew McCarthy plays a luckless department store employee and Kim (Sex and the City) 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 Sex and the Citywho might want to feast upon the spectacle of a younger Kim Cattrall, Mannequinmight offer a measure of relief.

On DVD:Mannequinon disc has just the original trailer as an extra, while no amount of DVD enhancement can conceal the tawdry feel of this movie. --David Stubbs

Aspect Ratio:	1.85 Wide Screen, 16:9 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Original Theatrical Trailer, Interactive Menu, Chapter Selection
Subtitles:	French, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish
Year:	1987
Release Date:	January 6, 2003
Runtime:	86 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	17345 D V D
Keywords:	Comedy, General, Mannequin
Genre:	Comedy