Mannequin (Film Review)

1987 20th Century Fox
Written by: Edward Rugoff and Michael Gottlieb; Directed by: Michael Gottlieb
Starring: Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Estelle Getty, G. W. Bailey, James Spader, and Meshach Taylor.
MPAA Rating: PG; Running Time: 90 Minutes
The Nicsperiment Score: 6/10

 
Jonathan can't hold a job or a relationship. In the ultimate two birds with one stone, he finds his calling arranging mannequins in a department store window...and one of the mannequins comes to life and falls in love with him!
There's not much to 1987's Mannequin. It's what was once known as a crowd pleaser. Andrew McCarthy stars as the lovable screw-up, Jonathan, and an unbelievably beautiful Kim Catrall stars as the titular mannequin, no pun intended. McCarthy tested better with females than any actor at the time, and Cattrall trained nonstop as a body-sculptor to have, by her own estimation, the body that looks like what mannequin bodies are based upon. McCarthy and Cattrall are charming and have great chemistry, and that's almost all there really is to this movie. There film also includes incredible music montages, an extremely fun and flamboyant turn by Meshach Taylor, the barest of plots and conflict, and one of the most uplifting end credit songs of all time. Mannequin is not great, but it made a lot of money as a "turn your brain off and have a good time" film in 1987, and it still does the job for me now, nearly 40 years later.