Tootsie - A Movie Review

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"Tootsie" is a comedy released in 1982. This movie was a major critical and financial success. The budget was $21 million; and the box office receipts were $177.2 million. The movie was nominated for 10 Academy Awards; and Jessica Lange won for Best Supporting Actress. CAST Dustin Hoffman - Michael Dorsey/Dorothy Michaels Jessica Lange - Julie Nichols Teri Garr - Sandy Lester Dabney Coleman - Ron Carlisle Doris Belack - Rita Mallory Charles Durning - Leslie "Les" Nichols Bill Murray - Jeff Slater Sydney Pollack - George Fields George Gaynes - John Van Horn Geena Davis - April Page Michael Dorsey is a New York actor that can't get a job because he is difficult to work with. Michael lives with his best friend, Jeff Slater, an eccentric playwright. Both men wait tables in a restaurant. Jeff and Michael's friends throw him a surprise birthday party. At the party Michael has trouble connecting with women and has a tendency to lie. After scaring away his potential love connection, Michael decides to walk his neurotic friend, Sandy, home. Sandy mentions that she's very nervous about going to an audition the next day for "Southwest General", a soap opera. Michael coaches her and decides to go with her for support. The character is a middle-age hospital administrator, Emily Kimberly. When at the audition, they don't even give Sandy a chance to read because she's not "intimidating enough". Michael tries to contact someone that he knows that is in the cast; but he finds out that the friend has left to be in a play that Michael's agent, George, had promised for him. He immediately goes to George's office and demands to know what happened. George at first tries to placate him; but finally just admits that no one wants to hire him because he is such a troublemaker. Then Michael asks him about the play that Jeff has written. George says that no one will want to see it; which makes Michael more determined to raise the $8,000 necessary to put on the play. In the next scene we see Michael walking down the street in women's clothing, a wig and glasses. Want to find out what happens next? You'll have to watch the movie. I think that Dustin Hoffman as "Tootsie" is more believable than Robin Williams as "Mrs. Doubtfire". The movie is funny and heartwarming; and I think that you will enjoy it. I give it my recommendation. This movie is rated PG. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons (Dustin Hoffman)