Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Sadly Over-hyped

Fantastic!

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Tootsie is simultaneously funny/entertaining... And wildly over-hyped and dated (that score and those songs just suck). I know such things like critical appraisal shouldn't matter, but to give an example this is #2 on the AFI top comedies list, above Dr Strangelove (which is #3). That's like saying American Sniper is the #2 war movie of all time above #3 Saving Private Ryan. It's supposed to be Hoffman's movie, and he puts his all into it, but I'll be damned if Dabney Coleman (who's first rate), Sydney Pollack (who originally didn't want to even be in the movie and was thankfully forced by Hoffman for the good reason that no one could tell Michael what to do like him) and Bill Murray don't steal the movie out from under him. This is a case to me where the "straight men" get more of the laughs, and Hoffman gets his share. Also ups to Teri Garr and Charles Durning too, albeit the latter comes in like a realer but less funny version of the "well, nobody's perfect" guy from Some Like it Hot.It's a handsomely made, usually well timed sitcom. It somehow managed to be nominated at the Oscars alongside the likes of ET, The Verdict and Das Boot (Lange got a not undeserved one too as the heart of the movie).

This movie is about a man who is an actor, but he cannot get a role because of his stubborn stance regarding acting. He needs a lot of money to play in a theater with his play companions, so he pretends a woman, and he appears in a TV drama. This movie focuses on the complicated mixtures of a lot of characters' feelings. I was impressed with the feelings of a woman who is at the mercy of the man's act. I can understand that she adores him first, but she would like to build a better relationship with him after that her voice, expression, and action. I was also interested in the change of the way of expressing her feelings. First, she is weak at describing him anger, but she can get angry fiercely through his bad treatment. Moreover, it was memorable that the worry of a woman who is a single mother and has a boyfriend who has a tendency to cheat. I can know her feelings that she would like to trust him, but she cannot do that completely through communication with him. After she says goodbye to her boyfriend, her expression conveys her sadness and distress whether her decision is right or not deeply to me. I like this movie since I can feel the transition of the feelings of many characters. I can also understand to live honestly from his situation that tells a lot of lies to many people, so he loses a job.

I enjoyed this movie very much! First, I think that Dustin Hoffman is great because I became to see him as a real woman although at first I didn't see him as a real woman. I thought that Dustin Hoffman expresses a woman by how to speak or way of standing, so I felt that Dorothy is a different person to Dorsey. also, I wonder that when Dorsey says something to someone, I felt these are sarcastic, but when Dorthy says something, I felt she has strong belief. I was attracted to her. Second, this genre of this movie is comedy, so I enjoyed myself. This movie makes us laugh and keep us in suspense. Third, I thought this movie express human growth of Dorsey through Dorothy and by involving with Julie. I think that initial Dotsey is different to Dorsey at last. I enjoyed this movie very much, so I want to watch this movie again and again!

A middle-aged struggling actor, Michael Dorsey, has no work because of his obstinacy. One day, he makes the decision to disguise himself as a woman to apply for a drama as a head nurse. After he gets the role, the viewer rate goes up and he becomes famous in accordance with his wish. However, while giving a helping hand to Julie, a single-mother actress in the drama with him, he comes to love her… This film keeps me watching the whole time due to whether Dorsey's disguise is revealed to others or not. A technique for being a woman such as feminine sign, a way of talking and makeup must be difficult for a man. Yet, Dorsey, Dustin Hoffman, completely performs the woman's part well without any doubt by others characters in the film, and even he attracts a couple of men. In addition, when watching this with an audience, everyone laughs plenty of times. If you want to spend time filled with laughter, this comedy film is perfect for you.