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 • 116 min • Comedy · Romance
Synopsis
When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego—Dorothy Michaels—in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a feminist icon and ends up in a romantic pickle.
Our family guide
Best from age 11- 72 Audience · 1955 · 100%
An out-of-work actor adopts a female alter ego, Dorothy Michaels, to land a role on a soap opera. His performance makes him an unlikely feminist icon, but his deception leads to a complicated romantic tangle.
- Violence & peril
- 1/10
- Language
- 2/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 2/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 2/10
- Scary moments
- 0/10
Heads up
- Infidelity and romantic complications
- Some light innuendo
What it models well
- Empathy and understanding others
- Challenging gender stereotypes
- Finding your true self
Talk about it after
- How perceptions change when you walk in someone else's shoes
- The importance of honesty in relationships
- How societal expectations can limit opportunities
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Top billed cast
Director: Sydney Pollack • Crew: Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal, Don McGuire, Larry Gelbart
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 7.2/10 (1,955)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $21,000,000
- Box office
- $177,200,000
- IMDb
- tt0084805
