Mannequin: On the Move
Mannequin: On the Move
A young department store intern falls in love with a female store mannequin who is really a peasant girl fallen under a thousand year spell. She comes to life whenever he removes the cursed necklace from her.
Jacob O’Neal reviewedJuly 6, 2025
A peasant girl is trapped inside a mannequin for 1,000 years, predating America and the English language as we know it, so they cast Kristy Swanson who seems to understand English and speaks with an American accent despite the fact that she shouldn’t. But that’s okay, since it’s a sequel about a mannequin coming to life.
William Ragsdale is the lead actor, taking the role of the Andrew McCarthy replacement. Swanson tries her best to be on the level of Kim Catrall from the first film. Meshach Taylor returns as Hollywood with very little explanation as to why he moved from New York to Philadelphia or why he seems to meet men who fall in love with mannequins. Terry Kiser plays an outrageous Austrian count. He and Taylor give us a few good laughs throughout. But the chemistry between Ragsdale and Swanson hurts the film almost as much as the script.
If you watch the MonsterVision version, Joe Bob Briggs at least has some fun bits during the breaks and admits to MonsterVision being a big supporter of Swanson’s career with Buffy, Deadly Friend and Hot Shots being in rotation on TNT and MonsterVision through the 90’s and early 2000’s. I’d suggest watching it that way if you’re gonna watch it.