Tootsie | Doris Belack, Dabney Coleman | sooooo funny, entertaining and marvelous

Tootsie | Doris Belack, Dabney Coleman | Tootsie

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Tootsie

	Tootsie Doris Belack, Dabney Coleman Columbia TriStar, 2001 average customer review:based on 105 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

sooooo funny, entertaining and marvelous

It was a close race for Dustin Hoffman, in 1982, when he was nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award, along with Ben Kingsley, for Ghandi. Kingsley went on to win the award for his brilliant performance as the revolutionary Indian peace maker, but, if it hadn't been for that tough shut out in the Oscars race, Hoffman could've taken home the little golden man for himself, that year. This is a great, great film that I think is enjoyable on many levels. For starters, Hoffman's comic timing is showcased here, as his character, Michael Dorsey, an unemployed, down-on-his-luck actor takes on an alter ego in Dorothy Michaels. Michaels is an outspoken, dowdy and very sassy middle aged woman who lands a major part on a daytime soap--launching his/her career.

Not only is the humor fast and furious, in this movie, but it is also a touching portrayal of a man best-described as a chauvinist, who goes through an epiphany when he takes on the identity of a woman. He has to do some soul searching as to how he relates to women in the world, and the general attitude men in society have toward the "weaker/second sex."

I highly reccomend this.

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Tootsie

Director Pollock and Writer Gelbart take a comic idea as old as Elizabethan times - concealed sexual identity and issues arising from it and give it a contemporary spin. The film grabs you with its conceit and creates a laugh riot most of the time. A howl.

classic

I could watch this DVD amost everynight and still laugh.I think its because I watch the soaps,and the ending has you dying laughing.Everything is in the film,Great Acting,fantastic soundtrack,and one of the greatest comedies of all time.

Tootsie Roll Still Tastes Great

In 1982, when "Tootsie" was released, audiences flocked to see it. As I watch it now on DVD, the film still holds up exceptionally well. Surprisingly, the jokes, the relationships, and the theme of the movie don't seem dated at all. That's probably why "Tootsie" is the number two comedy of all-time according to the AFI ("Some Like It Hot" being number one, with a theme not too coincidentally similar to Tootsie's).

Dustin Hoffman turns in one of his best performances as a womanizing, self-centered actor who learns what it's like to be the opposite sex. After all these years, this movie still makes me laugh out loud.

My only complaint with the DVD is that there are not many features on it. There was a lot of notoriety surrounding the production of the film, and it seems that there were a countless number of screenwriters who were hired to polish the script. It would be interesting to hear some interviews with Dustin Hoffman, director Sydney Pollack, and screenwriters Larry Gelbart and Murray Schisgal, who admitted never having even met one another until after the film was released. Perhaps in the special edition.

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funny movie

This is the funnist movie. A man cannot get a job on a soap so he dresses as a women, tries again & get hired. He even has a man want to date him as the woman

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