"Mannequin" (1987)

Johnathan, a hapless retail worker (played by Anthony McCarthy), who designs mannequins, stumbles upon one of his own creations some time after making her only to experience her coming to life! Her name is Emmy (Kim Catrall). She helps him create fantastic shop window displays, thus helping him to gain respect from those around him. Predictably, a romance thusly blossoms between the pair but it isn’t without plenty of hiccups along the way…

I really like this movie. It’s an enjoyable watch. There’s something very endearing about Johnathan’s character that makes the audience really route for him. Emmy is very care-free, perhaps a little naive, but no matter. There’s an innocence to her that’s also endearing. Hollywood (played by Meshach Taylor), another quite eccentric window designer, is a great character too. You just have to smile, if even crack a laugh at his dramatics! Sure, the plot is perhaps very predictable but it really doesn’t matter! It’s the journey in between that’s to love.

The music is great in this film too! Starship’s “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” – how could you not like that song?! My favourite scene features the song “Do You Dream About Me”. It’s a very light-hearted scene, just of the pair of them having fun dressing up and messing around the shop having a laugh. The whole film is light-hearted really. But I always enjoy that scene.

Yes, true, a girlie movie perhaps, but one that’s surely impossible not to enjoy! 80s movies were pretty great‼

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