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Tootsie doesn't squander its high-concept comedy premise with fine dialogue and sympathetic treatment of the characters. Read critic reviews
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New York actor Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman) is a talented perfectionist who is so hard on himself and others that his agent (Sydney Pollack) can no longer find work for him. After a soap opera audition goes poorly, Michael reinvents himself as actress Dorothy Michaels and wins the part. What was supposed to be a short-lived role turns into a long-term contract, but when Michael falls for his castmate Julie (Jessica Lange), complications develop that could wreck everything.
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Rating: PG
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Genre: Comedy, Lgbtq+
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Original Language: English
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Director: Sydney Pollack
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Producer: Sydney Pollack, Ronald L. Schwary
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Writer: Larry Gelbart, Barry Levinson, Elaine May, Murray Schisgal
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Release Date (Theaters): original
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Runtime:
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Distributor: Columbia Tristar, RCA/Columbia, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Criterion Collection, Columbia Pictures
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Production Co: Punch Productions, Columbia Pictures Corporation
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Sound Mix: Mono, Stereo
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Aspect Ratio: 35mm, Scope (2.35:1)
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Audience Reviews for Tootsie
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Undeniably has some great scenes (i.e. just about anything with Teri Garr or Bill Murray) but on the whole its a little too long and the romance isn't all that convincing.
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I can watch this film again and again. Hoffman has fun puncturing the real-life perception of himself and although he never fully convinces as a woman he comes bloody close. Throw in a young Murray and Lange and you have an 80's classic that everyone (but especially actors) will love.
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Although revered in its time, Tootsie has not aged well. It seems a trite bit silly in the here and now.
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Tootsie is simply the worst type of American humor: one that has a clever idea in its hands but takes it in a completely wrong direction, letting it die in a predictable plot that looks like a cheap soap opera and bears a stupid sitcom sense of humor.
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