tbills2
Can we all be grown men who enjoy dressing up like women in order to fool casting directors into landing acting gigs on cheesy soap operas here for a second please? I really love everything about Tootsie, its adult substance material, the great cast (Dustin Hoffman and T. Garr, J. Lange, D. Coleman, director Pollack, Murray), the humor, it's goodhearted brilliance and the terrific funny characters with its easy going nature, but, as much as I enjoy the fuming switch-a-roo romance between Dustin and the all-time beautiful lovely Jessica Lange, or the spark shared with Dustin and Garr, or all the funny occurring moments when Hoffman is playing as Tootsie, nothing quite compares to seeing Geena Davis in her silky little panties during those awesome dressing room scenes, not once, but twice, and in a different pair too. I love Geena Davis. Tootsie was Davis' first big break role as Geena was posing as an apparently convincing store window mannequin before Tootsie and she was a Victoria's Secret lingerie model at the time. Pollack and company wanted a model who could act for the part so they called up the ol' model agency and told them to send their best down straight away for movie auditions and Geena obviously showed and obviously mesmerized them with her beauty and her talent and her charm but apparently the casters were left so mesmerized that they had forgotten to ask Geena to appear in her swimsuit during her audition so that they could check her body out to best know if she was good for the part or not so they were left wanting Geena but not knowing if she had the body for it, so, some lucky chap had to locate the latest Victoria's Secret catalogue to look for Geena in it and find her pictures to see if her body was good enough just to make sure that this gorgeous and talented, all-time beautiful babe named Geena looked good in her underwear. She was a Victoria Secret's panty model! There's no fooling you guys, seemed like an exercise in futility if you ask me, but, I was happy to do it and at least I got paid for it, just kidding, I wasn't even alive in 1982. Based off what I'm seeing, it was the right choice. This is Geena's hottest movie moment, even hotter than she is in Earth Girls Are Easy! It's a close call. A tiny secret to Tootsie's success is just how cute Hoffman appears as Tootsie. I love Teri Garr in this but Jessica Lange is the reason for the season and Geena has all the best parts, physically and in Tootsie. Oh by the way, Tootsie is an all-time beautiful and all-time amusing classic. In retrospect, I definitely didn't talk about Jessica enough, but, I'm young and I promise to make it up to her in future reviews and Geena's butt.
betty dalton
A male actor dresses up as a woman to get rid of his bad reputation in the movie world in order to get out of unemployment. Will he pull this trick off? That's the story of "Tootsie". Sounds silly, but it is hilarious.I remember that I saw it first back in the eighties and it was a huge box office hit then. I loved it, but thought of it as just a feelgood comedy. There is much more to this extraordinary script though. I have seen it over 10 times now and this picture is truly a great comedy classic, because after decades this movie still stands the test of time: it's got tremendously witty dialogues and has got just the right balance between over the top humor and serious acting.Director Sydney Pollack commented "No one ever laughed during the shooting of any scenes of the film. It's only funny because of its story structure."The actors are all to die for! What a cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Bill Murray, Terri Garr. Those two last named actors came straight from a line of other comedies. Hoffman and Lange however were only known for their more serious roles. To indicate how seriously Dustin Hoffman took his role as dressing up as a woman, he made several appearances in real life to check out if people actually believed he was a woman. He passed with flying colors at his daughter's school and also during a raunchy encounter with actor jose ferrer in an elevator. (for more fun anecdotes check "Trivia" in the imdb menu) The director Sidney Pollack was at his peak of his carreer and plays a cameo role in his own movie as a grumpy movie agent. Amost all of Sidney Pollack's movies have won numerous oscars, "Out of Africa" is best known.His movies really stand out and "Tootsie" does so as well ! (By the way checkout the metacritics rating which scored 87 points which is much higher than the imdb score)."Tootsie" is really hilarious. And I mean REALLY hilariously funny. And it has got some lighthearted romance as well. The very well scripted story and the serious quality acting gives the movie the structure and believability which makes it rise out far above any other average comedy. For all of those too young to have ever seen it, please try it out, it is truly a lovely, witty, surprising and endearing modern comedy. Kids would love it. Adults would love it. Anybody would melt for the charming humor of "Tootsie". I feel so good having watched it for the 11th time...
izmsyoko
I like this movie. The main character of this movie hits walls, but overcomes difficulties or obstacles in many ways I don't expect. It's really interesting. I'm excited when I am watching this movie. I especially like the last scene. There is the last scene I don't expect. In the last scene, the main character and a lady are talking. The conversation doesn't express directly, but we can understand the development in this movie. The conversation is interesting and beautiful. I like it.The setting in this movie seems strange, but it's interesting. In addition, I think this movie may express historical background such as gender discrimination and same sex marriage at that time. I admires the actor who performs the main character. He pretends to be woman and I can watch his performances without feeling uncomfortable.The point also makes this film better and attractive.
