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A failure artist finds new muse when his prize mannequin creation comes to life.

A fun and imaginative movie. Easy on the brain. It’s accessible to people who don’t like or want to see a “heavy” romance movie.

• The movie was filmed at Boscov‘s department store, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.

• Oh, it starts with the old “women are useless” feminist trope. Well at least that comment takes place in the past.
• In the opening song, there’s a little tribute drum beat to The Bangles‘ Walk Like an Egyptian.
• While he assembles the Mannequin, the song is The Temptations – My Girl.
• Oh! That’s the You’re Fired, You’re Fired, You’re Fired! also seen in one of the early Spiderman blockbuster-reboot movies.
• OMG, I remember that faux 80s yuppy business attire from those movies.
• Oh that awesome sexism. The man must give free stuff to the woman. What, he can’t? DUMPED.
• “Reality is very disappointing.” .. hehe
• Well I would have had him catch the rope and stabilize the thing with his weight, but being accidentally
• That old woman reminds me of Estelle Getty from The Golden Girls.
• I recognize James Spader from Stargate.
• Oh the workplace harassment.
• “.. my tongue, it slides!” haha.
• Oh, the gay black man! I bet he’s missing a foot and identifies as white.
• I recognize G.W. Bailey from all sorts of other 80s movies.
• “I call him Rambo, because he likes to draw First Blood.”
• Oh the extra-overtly gay character that’s so over the top as to be offensive, not inclusive. The movie makes a bigot comment yet itself lacks self-awareness.. it seems pretty fucking bigoted itself.
• So technically the guy broke the timeline by removing her forward from the timeline, preventing her marriage and all the influences.
• OMG workplace safety much?
• So the guy is completely mad. I’ll work on the assumption that he snapped.
• “You look like you’ve slept on the street.” Way to be a concerned girlfriend. That’s real love right there.
• Touching! More workplace harassment. He doesn’t like it, but he touches everyone else.
• Now I see how James Spader was brought in for Stargate.
• Why was the entire scene with the black dude
• Christopher Columbus, Michelangelo.
• OMG the 80s music, dancing, dress. This is hilarious.
• Holy shit Kim is professionally hot.. nice abs.
  
• Prince Security Services is actually a thing. I don’t know if it existed at the time of this movie.
• Why the fuck would the security guard assault him?

• “Do you think we should name our first kid Pinocchio?” Is he really thinking about kids? Was this bit written by a woman?

  • See The Adventures of Pinocchio – (1883 book), by Carlo Collodi
• Wow the big bad business guy’s hair is hilarious.
• And .. she’s already pre-breaking up with him.
• .. moments after breaking up, she’s ready to have angry rebound sex. Now that’s love.
• Erectile dysfunction is funny? Well I guess now she never really wanted to cheat on him in the first place. Yes, cheat on him. Is the evening of a non-breakup a breakup? Maybe it should be some weeks later.
• And yep, he fucked the mannequin. What was I saying about cheating? I guess he was cheating on her throughout this movie.
• The mannequin’s got the jewellery on her, so it is traceable theft.
• Why would they be applauding his sleeping in the store? They didn’t appreciate the security guard.
• With all the mannequins missing, why would anyone be happy?
• What’s with Hollywood draping the sheet over his car? Unnecessary sillyness.
• $55,000 a year? Even in 80s money it wouldn’t compare to being a vice president.
• The new dog is Terminator.
• The bowling-slide through security guards is awesome.
• I’m positive the mannequin would have been left alone for a little bit, so she would have been able to animate.
• I would have removed the heads of the other mannequins and maybe just shredded those. But plot.
• God damn that grinder is totally 80s-unsafe.
• Emergency stop much?
• Oh, finally.
• Weren’t the guards soaking wet?
• Because the power of loooove.
• I would SO not be standing next to that death trap, even to kiss.
• “Mama put the coins on my eyes, ’cause I sure don’t believe what I am seeing.” is a reference to Charon’s obol, but the coins were put in/on the mouth, not put on the eyes.
• .. but now the non-dummy is wearing the jewellery, making her the thief.

• The final song is Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now by Starship. As I recall, this movie is my introduction to this song.