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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- MANNEQUIN TWO is breathlessly funny and blessedly unassuming comedic nonsense.
- 60The New York TimesJanet MaslinThe New York TimesJanet MaslinThis film has enough new characters and independent spirit to have a light, cheery style of its own.
- 38The Seattle TimesJohn HartlThe Seattle TimesJohn HartlUnfortunately, the recycled plot is still the driving force here, and the movie becomes increasingly frantic trying to accommodate it. In the end, Raffill can't bring this dummy to life, but he does try.
- 30Time OutTime OutRaffill's heavy-handed direction is jam-packed with product placement, and interrupted every ten seconds with yet another plug for a boring MOR rock song.
- 30Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasEven more feeble than the 1987 original.
- 25San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackSan Francisco ChroniclePeter StackThings are generally cute in the film -- and that goes for the stars -- and it all chugs along in some curious bubblegum-chewing sort of way. But the flavor's decidedly flat. [18 May 1991, p.C3]
- 20Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenBut let's face it. This whole movie is based on stereotypes.
- 20Washington PostRita KempleyWashington PostRita KempleyScreenwriter and sometime animal trainer Stewart Raffill directs from a screenplay by Ed Rugoff, who also co-wrote "Mannequin." Rugoff is fond of asking and answering the question, what if a mannequin came to life? But judging from "Mannequin Two," Raffill is probably better at sweeping up after elephants. The actors, bless their little wooden heads, would be better off pulling puppet strings.