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Tootsie

Cast

Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman View All


Crew

Sydney Pollack (Director), Larry Gelbart (Screenplay), Don McGuire (Screenplay), Robert Garland (Screenplay) View All

Released: Dec. 16th, 1982
Runtime: 1 hour, 56 minutes
Michael Dorsey is an unemployed actor with an impossible reputation. In order to find work and fund his friend's play he dresses as a woman, Dorothy Michaels, and lands the part in a daytime drama. Dorsey loses himself in this woman role and essentially becomes Dorothy Michaels, captivating women all around the city and inspiring them to break free from the control of men and become more like Dorsey's initial identity. This newfound role...
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Joel
I like payoff to be very well rewarded, and the time for the hurting didn't last long enough. Other than that, I enjoyed it. It was intelligently handled with the writing for the most part, and the performances were all tip top.
Iroquois
Though his character does have his fair share of flaws that don't make him entirely sympathetic, the fact that he goes through a lot of amusing troubles because of his choices more than makes up for it.

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