Starring Andrew McCarthy, MANNEQUIN is a bit of a contrast to the usual higher-budget movies he starred in in the mid to late 80s like ST ELMO'S FIRE, LESS THAN ZERO and WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S; it turned out to be a cheerfully low-grade romantic comedy in which he plays the part of an artistically gifted guy who can't hold down a job but whose luck changes when he is hired by an unsuccessful department store and falls in love with a mannequin who is the incarnation of a fun-loving four-thousand-year-old Egyptian princess.
Somehow it all manages to stay together and be an entertaining, amusing movie; it's not rocket science but it sure passes the time. I've always been kind of charmed by the comedic premise of being alone at night in a department store. McCarthy's gay friend Hollywood is a hilarious character, and probably one of the first gay characters in a movie to be portrayed as likeable. "Proctor" from the POLICE ACADEMY series also stars as a dim-witted security guard determined to wage a war against McCarthy. Favourite quote: when his girlfriend points out that he's lost his job, he replies, "I didn't lose my job, I still know where it is! Some other guy's got it, that's all." Three stars out of four.
Somehow it all manages to stay together and be an entertaining, amusing movie; it's not rocket science but it sure passes the time. I've always been kind of charmed by the comedic premise of being alone at night in a department store. McCarthy's gay friend Hollywood is a hilarious character, and probably one of the first gay characters in a movie to be portrayed as likeable. "Proctor" from the POLICE ACADEMY series also stars as a dim-witted security guard determined to wage a war against McCarthy. Favourite quote: when his girlfriend points out that he's lost his job, he replies, "I didn't lose my job, I still know where it is! Some other guy's got it, that's all." Three stars out of four.