Tootsie (1982)

All Critics (40) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (38) | Rotten (5) | DVD (17)

It is not just the best comedy of the year; it is popular art on the way to becoming cultural artifact.

October 5, 2008 Full Review

Richard Schickel

TIME Magazine

Top Critic

...there are several solid laughs and some excellent supporting performances.

June 28, 2007 Full Review

Dave Kehr

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

The tone is quick-witted and appealing, with some of the smartest dialogue this side of Billy Wilder...

February 9, 2006 Full Review

Geoff Andrew

Time Out

Top Critic

It turns out to be a touching love story, after all -- so touching that you may be surprised how moved you are at the conclusion of this comedy.

October 23, 2004 Full Review

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

Tootsie restores the original meaning to the term 'situation comedy,' free of the pejorative associations that have accrued over the years because of the glut of awful ones on television.

May 20, 2003 Full Review

Vincent Canby

New York Times

Top Critic

Remarkably funny and entirely convincing...

February 13, 2001 Full Review

Todd McCarthy

Variety

Top Critic

Touching romantic comedy with a twist.

January 2, 2011 Full Review

Kelly Kessler

Common Sense Media

Hoffman is magnificent in his dual role, though it's Bill Murray who stealthily steals scenes.

October 12, 2010 Full Review

Matt Brunson

Creative Loafing

I found this polished sitcom comedy to be a drag.

June 5, 2008 Full Review | Comments (5)

Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

A sparkling turn by Hoffman and an absolutely fabulous cast make this a risk -- and a risque -- success.

May 26, 2008 Full Review

Empire Magazine

Pollack's easy-going, gender-bending comedy seems to have grown in stature and reputation with age, and it is not difficult to see why.

May 26, 2008 Full Review

Film4

The film is mostly remembered for Dustin Hoffman's outstanding portrayal of Dorothy, the bespectacled, conservative woman who stands for neither discrimination nor nonsense

April 26, 2008 Full Review

Urban Cinefile Critics

Urban Cinefile

...an amiable and frequently hilarious comedy that boasts one of the most effective performances of Hoffman's career.

February 10, 2008 Full Review

David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

Rather than confront what it sets up, it takes the one joke and runs -- till it runs out of steam.

June 28, 2007 Full Review | Comment (1)

TV Guide's Movie Guide

One of the best and most significant comedies of the 1980s: Some Like It Hot, when Dustin Hoffman is in drag, it does change his attitude toward sex, women, and courtship. Pollack is here at his best as a commercial director.

January 9, 2007 Full Review

Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

sublime comedy

June 6, 2006

Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

One of the funniest things I have ever seen was Dustin Hoffman weeping uncontrollably as he recounted how he never truly understood the inner pain and torment of what it felt like to be an ugly woman until he made Tootsie.

December 6, 2005 Full Review

Film Threat

One of the funniest films of the Reagan-era

May 6, 2005

Clint Morris

Moviehole

• 1. Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels: What kind of mother would I be if I didn't give my girls tits tips?
  – Submitted by Justice J (2 months ago)
• 1. Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels: I was a better man with you as a woman than I ever was with a woman as a man.
  – Submitted by Belén D (9 months ago)
• 1. Jeff: Mike, I really appreciate you're doing this, but it is just for the money. Isn't it? It's not just so you can wear these little outfits.
  2. Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels: I'm not even gonna answer that.
  – Submitted by Raj G (15 months ago)
• 1. Les: The only reason you're still living is because I never kissed you.
  – Submitted by Raj G (15 months ago)
• 1. Jeff: This is one nutty hospital.
  – Submitted by Raj G (15 months ago)
• 1. John Van Horn: Does Jeff know?
  – Submitted by Raj G (15 months ago)

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