Tootsie

Tootsie (1982)

  • 88% of critics liked it
    (40 reviews)

  • 75% of users liked it
    (54,653 ratings)

Michael Dorsey (Dustin Hoffman), a brilliant but troublesome New York actor, has managed to alienate every producer on both coasts. Michael's agent George Fields (Sydney Pollack) can't even get his client a commercial since Michael complained that the tomato he was playing wasn't properly motivated.… More

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PG, 1 hr. 59 min.
Directed By
Sydney Pollack
Genres
Drama, Romance, Comedy
In Theaters
Dec 1, 1982 Wide
On DVD
May 29, 2001
Columbia Pictures

Critic Reviews

  • Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine

    It is not just the best comedy of the year; it is popular art on the way to becoming cultural artifact.

  • Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

    ...there are several solid laughs and some excellent supporting performances.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    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.

  • Vincent Canby, New York Times

    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.

  • Todd McCarthy, Variety

    Remarkably funny and entirely convincing...

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Josh M


    Tootsie is a hilarious yet meaningful rom com, that holds up thirty years after its release (except for the cheesy 80's synth pop music and the now dying TV soap milieu). The estimable, versatile Sidney Pollack captured an atmosphere (the New York theatre milieu, the soap world)… More

  • Joshua W


    I'd go as far to say most overrated film ever, or atlease the one film that 100% doesnt belong on the AFI list. In my film class my teacher says it's a near perfect film when I found it flawed and overall unentertaining. Bill Murray is the only one who brought something to… More

  • Brad W


    A classic, i don't truly believe its one of the best comedies ever made, but still a classic. Dustin Hoffman is genius, the story isn't cliche, its great. Tootsie should be treasured by all.

  • AJ V


    An interesting comedy, it has an unique story, great actors, and it's very funny. I really liked it, it's a classic comedy.

  • Lenny M


    Huge film for it's day, if i would have seen it in the 80's the movie probably would have been better. Now cross dressing is so widespread in film that it's not that funny to see it anymore. Dustin Hoffman gets real weird with it, hideous looking with a terrible… More

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