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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 · 1 h 56 min
Directed by Sydney Pollack · USA · New Hollywood
ComedyDramaRomance

Cast

Dustin Hoffman Jessica Lange Teri Garr Dabney Coleman Charles Durning Bill Murray

Plot

Michael Dorsey is a talented but impossible New York actor who cannot get work. In desperation he dresses as a woman, auditions for a part in a TV soap opera and becomes a star as 'Dorothy Michaels'. He falls in love with his co-star Julie and has to deal with her father, who falls for Dorothy. Dustin Hoffman stars.

Sinekatalog’s take

One of the great American comedies, as funny as it is smart about gender and acting. Hoffman is excellent, and Pollack himself is very good as the agent, while the script is relentlessly well constructed.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (124,149 votes)
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