Tootsie

1982 "What do you get when you cross a hopelessly straight starving actor with a dynamite red sequined dress? You get America's hottest new actress."
7.4| 1h56m| PG| en| More Info
Released: 17 December 1982 Released
Producted By: Columbia Pictures
Country: United States of America
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When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego – Dorothy Michaels – in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.

Genre

Comedy, Romance

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Director

Sydney Pollack

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Tootsie Audience Reviews

Brightlyme i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.
SoftInloveRox Horrible, fascist and poorly acted
Sienna-Rose Mclaughlin The movie really just wants to entertain people.
Phillida Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
adonis98-743-186503 Michael Dorsey, an unsuccessful actor, disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap. To be honest i didn't know what to except from Tootsie at first cause i feared that it was going to be some dumb chick film with Hoffman dressed as a woman for some reason but i was wrong. This film was quite charming, romantic and funny too with Dustin Hoffman giving a very good perfomance, Jessica Lange who was also very good and even won an Oscar for it and has a great chemistry with Hoffman on screen but also Terri Garr (Mr. Mom) and even Bill Murray (Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters 2). Definitely a film that i was suprised by it's charm and sense of humor. (10/10)
betty dalton A male actor dresses up as a woman to get rid of his bad reputation in the movie world in order to get out of unemployment. Will he pull this trick off? That's the story of "Tootsie". Sounds silly, but it is hilarious.I remember that I saw it first back in the eighties and it was a huge box office hit then. I loved it, but thought of it as just a feelgood comedy. There is much more to this extraordinary script though. I have seen it over 10 times now and this picture is truly a great comedy classic, because after decades this movie still stands the test of time: it's got tremendously witty dialogues and has got just the right balance between over the top humor and serious acting.Director Sydney Pollack commented "No one ever laughed during the shooting of any scenes of the film. It's only funny because of its story structure."The actors are all to die for! What a cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Bill Murray, Terri Garr. Those two last named actors came straight from a line of other comedies. Hoffman and Lange however were only known for their more serious roles. To indicate how seriously Dustin Hoffman took his role as dressing up as a woman, he made several appearances in real life to check out if people actually believed he was a woman. He passed with flying colors at his daughter's school and also during a raunchy encounter with actor jose ferrer in an elevator. (for more fun anecdotes check "Trivia" in the imdb menu) The director Sidney Pollack was at his peak of his carreer and plays a cameo role in his own movie as a grumpy movie agent. Amost all of Sidney Pollack's movies have won numerous oscars, "Out of Africa" is best known.His movies really stand out and "Tootsie" does so as well ! (By the way checkout the metacritics rating which scored 87 points which is much higher than the imdb score)."Tootsie" is really hilarious. And I mean REALLY hilariously funny. And it has got some lighthearted romance as well. The very well scripted story and the serious quality acting gives the movie the structure and believability which makes it rise out far above any other average comedy. For all of those too young to have ever seen it, please try it out, it is truly a lovely, witty, surprising and endearing modern comedy. Kids would love it. Adults would love it. Anybody would melt for the charming humor of "Tootsie". I feel so good having watched it for the 11th time...
foodie03 This is one of the most brilliant American comedy ever. Through the film, it is a good-tempo to catch the story and full of wit. Dustin Hoffman stars as Michael Dorsey and disguises himself as a middle-aged woman. One of the remarkable points in the film is that Dustin Hoffman succeeds in playing the role of a woman. His performance is so brilliant and attractive that it seems like another actor stars as Dorothy Michaels. Dorothy is a strong-minded and brisk woman. The personality is characteristic and impressive with the audience. I think this original and eccentric personality was required for woman at this age. In this film, at first, he has a purpose to need a job, but in the end, he falls in love with Julie who struggles to handle both her career and raising her baby. I think Mike is fascinated with her hard attitude. I want to watch this film over and over again. No matter how many times, I wouldn't get bored.
spz824690 This movie is breathtaking. I was wondering when Michael's true identity come out to others. I think this is a kind of suspense movie because the audience knows that Dorothy and Michael are the same person, but other characters in this film do not know this fact. The most impressive scene for me was that Dorothy comes back home after shopping and said being a woman is tough. Michael was selfish and seemed to be poor at treating woman until he started to disguise himself as an woman. He realizes how women are different from him and how they make an effort to keep themselves beautiful and attractive by putting on makeup and dressing up. Through pretending to be Dorothy, he becomes sensitive to how Julie or Sandy feels. The scene when Dorothy tries to hail a taxi by Michael's deep voice makes me laugh. His avoiding kissing from John and dancing with Julie's father are also amusing. This is because we can see that these men do not notice Dorothy is a man and predict how their reactions would be when they know his identity.