Fresh
It is not just the best comedy of the year; it is popular art on the way to becoming cultural artifact.
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine
Tootsie
What do you get when you cross a hopelessly straight starving actor with a dynamite red sequined dress? You get America's hottest new actress.
1982 · 1h 56m · PG
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Sydney Pollack
,
Gavin Reed
Overview
When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego – Dorothy Michaels – in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
Director and cast
- Sydney Pollack Director
- Gavin Reed Director
- Dustin Hoffman as Michael Dorsey
- Jessica Lange as Julie Nichols
- Teri Garr as Sandy Lester
- Dabney Coleman as Ron Carlisle
- Charles Durning as Les Nichols
- Bill Murray as Jeff Slater
- Sydney Pollack as George Fields
- George Gaynes Cast
- Geena Davis Cast
- Doris Belack Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
...there are several solid laughs and some excellent supporting performances.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
The tone is quick-witted and appealing, with some of the smartest dialogue this side of Billy Wilder...
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
It turns out to be a touching love story, after all -- so touching that you may be surprised how moved you are at the conclusion of this comedy.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Tootsie restores the original meaning to the term 'situation comedy,' free of the pejorative associations that have accrued over the years because of the glut of awful ones on television.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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