Tootsie | | Cast : | Dustin Hoffman | | Director : | Sydney Pollack | | Studio : | Columbia Tri-Star | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | December 17, 1982 | | DVD Released Date : | April 02, 2002 | | Language : | French (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Thai (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Chinese (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 04, 2005 | | Summary | sooooo funny, entertaining and marvelous | Content
 | It was a close race for Dustin Hoffman, in 1982, when he was nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award, along with Ben Kingsley, for Ghandi. Kingsley went on to win the award for his brilliant performance as the revolutionary Indian peace maker, but, if it hadn't been for that tough shut out in the Oscars race, Hoffman could've taken home the little golden man for himself, that year. This is a great, great film that I think is enjoyable on many levels. For starters, Hoffman's comic timing is showcased here, as his character, Michael Dorsey, an unemployed, down-on-his-luck actor takes on an alter ego in Dorothy Michaels. Michaels is an outspoken, dowdy and very sassy middle aged woman who lands a major part on a daytime soap--launching his/her career.
Not only is the humor fast and furious, in this movie, but it is also a touching portrayal of a man best-described as a chauvinist, who goes through an epiphany when he takes on the identity of a woman. He has to do some soul searching as to how he relates to women in the world, and the general attitude men in society have toward the "weaker/second sex."
I highly reccomend this. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 27, 2005 | | Summary | A truly great film | Content
| Tootsie ranks among the greatest films of all time.
Dustin Hoffman's performance is quite simply stunning and Jessica Lange has just the right touch of aloofness. All the performances are great though. This is a film of great humanity and warmth as well as great comedy. The 'It might be you' segment about half way through - masterfully sung by Stephen Bishop - is one of the greatest moments in all cinema.
Definitely a must see. |
| Rating | | | Date | March 26, 2005 | | Summary | LITTLE BIG WOMAN | Content
| Here what I like from the film:
1. the situations that Dorothy (Dustin Hoffman) face with the people she work with, marking her style, sudden improvisations and a strong an resoluted character under their surprise and admiration
2. the friendship between Dorothy and Julie, with the crossed feelings of a simulated woman and a real man that the first has
3.when Les Nichols (Charles Durning) says to Dorothy that what really matters to him in life is to have someone to share everything with, suggesting undirectly his wish to marry her
4. while seeing tender images from Dorothy in and around Julie Nichols father's home we hear the touching song "It May Be You"
5. the words Les Nichols said after Dorothy confessed him she is a man
6. the great end between ex-Dorothy (now Michael again) and Julie
7. the music while the train image
This film and its soundtrack it's worth the money. I recommend also Dustin Hoffman's "The Graduate," "Midnight Cowboy" (with its mythic soundtrack and Jon Voigt's first role and superb acting), "Little Big Man" and "American Buffalo."
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| Rating | | | Date | March 08, 2005 | | Summary | TOOT TOOT TOOTSIE YOU'RE GREAT | Content
| Considered one of the funniest movies made, TOOTSIE after 20+ years still achieves that honor. Dustin Hoffman in a role that should have won him an Oscar is brilliant; his transition from Michael Dorsey to Dorothy Michaels is so well done that it's hard to believe he's not a woman. His handling of the typical feminine prejudices is wonderful and his suffering in his longing for Jessica Lange (in a deserved supporting actress Oscar role) is touching. TOOTSIE works on all levels: as a statement of how women were treated then; as a statement that just because men dress up like women, they aren't gay; and what a brilliant cast that supports Hoffman and Lange: Syndey Pollack (the movie's director) as Hoffman's agent; Bill Murray in his superbly understated role as Hoffman's roommate and playwright friend; the marvelous Teri Garr (she was also nominated) as his best friend and one time lover; Charles Durning as Lange's father who falls in love with Dorothy; George Gaynes as the sexcrazed daytime drama star; Doris Belack (from ONE LIFE TO LIVE) as the show's producer; and Dabney Coleman as Lange's boyfriend. All are matched perfectly to their roles, but ultimately it's Hoffman's show. And it's a brilliant one! |
| Rating | | | Date | February 14, 2005 | | Summary | An Oldie but a Goodie! | Content
| I had the good fortune of revisiting this film recently and I had forgotten a lot of the detail.
Suffice to say it is a water tight and flawless script, the pace of comedy and emerging anxst is perfectly timed.
The story involves Hoffman as a good but "difficult" actor, struggling to find work and love in the Big Apple. His success rate at both tasks is becoming evermore elusive and impossible. After a disaster of a Birthday Party in which his dilemmas are acutely focussed, he consoles himself by helping a struggling female friend and actor, to prepare for an audition; the part of a hospital soap matriarch.
When the friend fails to get the part the idea to try himself as herself emerges. Truly brilliant themes are comedically explored, sexual politics, self identity and exploration and the equality of the difficulties of being either male or female emerge. Made all the more powerful by it's lead performances, Hoffman and Lang are outstanding, the film is also strengthened by having being made in the 80's; the ultimate sexual politics era! A must see, you'll miss "Dorothy" just like Lang does! |
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