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Tootsie
Columbia Pictures
FILM:
MPAA RATING: PG
Starring
Dustin Hoffman,
Jessica Lange,
Charles Durning,
Teri Garr,
Bill Murphy,
Dabney Coleman,
Doris Belack,
and
Sydney Pollack
Unable to get an acting job, Michael Dorsey (Hoffman) becomes Dorothy Michaels and gets a part in a New York soap opera.
| GENRE(S): |
Classic
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Comedy
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Larry Gelbart (also story)
Murray Schisgal
Don McGuire (story)
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Sydney Pollack
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: May 29, 2001
Theatrical: December 17, 1982
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| RUNNING TIME: |
119 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
Won Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Jessica Lange). Won Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical (Dustin Hoffman), Actress in a Supporting Role (Jessica Lange), and Best Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical.

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100
Boston Globe
Michael Blowen
Tootsie, the story of a man who liberates himself by masquerading as a woman, is the funniest, most revealing comedy since "Annie Hall." [17 Dec 1982]
100
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
This movie gets you coming and going.

100
Time
Richard Schickel
This year's miracle is called Tootsie. It is not just the best comedy of the year; it is popular art on the way to becoming cultural artifact.

100
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Remarkably funny and entirely convincing, film pulls off the rare accomplishment of being an in-drag comedy which also emerges with three-dimensional characters.

80
Empire
Staff (Not Credited)
As hilarious as it is touching and tasteful at the same time, Tootsie will offend no one and uplift anyone who watches it.

63
TV Guide
Staff (Not Credited)
Rather than confront what it sets up, it takes the one joke and runs - till it runs out of steam.

60
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
There are several solid laughs and some excellent supporting performances. But this is a film to be wary of.


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