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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 40Los Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonLos Angeles TimesMichael WilmingtonIt's the material that's a problem, its sheer emptiness. Gottlieb and co-writer Ed Rugoff are clumsily trying to re-create something that's better if it's done cannily, with no illusions.
- 37Washington PostPaul AttanasioWashington PostPaul AttanasioSome sort of combination of a teen-age Bewitched and a Police Academy for department stores.
- 30The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinIn place of a real story, there is just the spectacle of stock characters being put through their paces to fill up the time.
- 30Time OutTime OutThis pitifully unfunny comedy has only two things going for it: its theme song, Starship's Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now, is a hit single; and it is short. A film about, by and for dummies.
- 25TV Guide MagazineTV Guide MagazineA lifeless and sophomoric attempt at romantic comedy that draws on the fantasy films of old Hollywood but fails miserably.
- 25Washington PostRita KempleyWashington PostRita KempleyBroadly acted and badly directed, the cast never clicks and the gags fall flat. (Or, they stoop to dog flatulence.) This is a movie made for one-stop shoppers.
- 25Chicago TribuneDave KehrChicago TribuneDave KehrThere's some solid talent here, but Gottlieb's overemphatic direction reduces them all to broad caricature--the kind of crazed mugging that isn't often seen outside the boundaries of Saturday morning kiddie shows. [13 Feb 1987, p.A]
- 20EmpireEmpireA pallid shopfloor fairytale with absolutely no magic to speak of, other than the spark in Kim Cattrall's eyes.
- 12Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThis movie is a real curiosity. It's dead. I don't mean it's bad. A lot of bad movies are fairly throbbing with life. Mannequin is dead. The wake lasts 1 1/2 hours, and then we can leave the theater.