- Film Review
- Reviewed By John Ferguson
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2 out of 5
A bewilderingly successful comedy - it even inspired a sequel - about a sculptor (Andrew McCarthy) who falls for a shop window dummy (Kim Cattrall). To everybody else, however, Cattrall is just an ordinary mannequin, which obviously makes for a rather tricky romance. It's a premise that requires a light, frothy touch, but director Michael Gottlieb instead takes it as a cue for some helpless mugging and crude slapstick. McCarthy is even more plastic than Cattrall, Meshach Taylor is a gruesome caricature as his sympathetic co-worker, while James Spader simply looks embarrassed.
Plot Summary
Romantic comedy Andrew McCarthy and Kim Cattrall. When young sculptor Jonathan Switcher is caught locked in a passionate embrace with a shop window mannequin, his workmates are understandably concerned. But only Jonathan can see that the dummy is living flesh and blood, the reincarnation of an ancient Egyptian priestess.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Jonathan Switcher
- Andrew McCarthy
- Emmy
- Kim Cattrall
- Claire Timkin
- Estelle Getty
- Richards
- James Spader
- Felix
- G W Bailey
- Roxie
- Carole Davis
- B J Wert
- Steve Vinovich
- Armand
- Christopher Maher
- Hollywood
- Meshach Taylor
- Emmy's mother
- Phyllis Newman
Crew
- Director
- Michael Gottlieb
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