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Genres:
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Comedy /
Drama /
Romance
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Release:
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Director:
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Sydney Pollack
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Actors:
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Lynne Thigpen,
Doris Belack,
Ellen Foley,
Peter Gatto,
Ronald L. Schwary,
Dustin Hoffman,
Jessica Lange,
Teri Garr,
Dabney Coleman,
Charles Durning,
Bill Murray,
Sydney Pollack,
George Gaynes,
Geena Davis,
Debra Mooney
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Duration:
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117 min.
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Rating:
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(7.4/10)134
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Plot Summary:
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The Oscar-winning tale of a grouchy actor who becomes a awareness while posing as a mistress on a hit TV soap opera.
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Tags:
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Dustin Hoffman's greatest performance
'Tootsie', funnily enough, is a film with balls. The idea of an out-of-work actor becoming a woman in order to revive his career may seem completely cliched nowadays, but Dustin Hoffman is electrifying to watch. When a man, he perfectly encapsulates frustration and determination; when Tootsie, he transforms these traits into a positive force for gender relations.
I would say, however, that the film's greatest strength is its greatest flaw. The comedy works well at the start, but by the half-way point it begins to drag, wading knee-deep into a contrived romantic sub-plot. Its heart is in the right place, and the script is far superior to crass farce such as 'Mrs Doubtfire', but the vivacity of Hoffman's performance highlights the need for a tighter pacing.
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Tootsie
Critically acclaimed cross-dressing comedy with a wonderfully exuberant performance from Dustin Hoffman
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. Given the crudities and complexities of modern Hollywood comedies, it is perhaps understandable that a simple idea executed with such skill and charm is so warmly remembered.
Hoffman puts in a sterling performance as actor Michael Dorsey who is so desperate for work that he transforms himself into Dorothy Michaels, and becomes a soap queen, despite falling for his co-star Julie Nichols (Lange). Lange won an Oscar for her role, but she is only part of a terrific supporting cast.
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