Tootsie: Critic Reviews

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.

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.

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

Remarkably funny and entirely convincing...

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

Touching romantic comedy with a twist.

Hoffman is magnificent in his dual role, though it's Bill Murray who stealthily steals scenes.

I found this polished sitcom comedy to be a drag.

A sparkling turn by Hoffman and an absolutely fabulous cast make this a risk -- and a risque -- success.

Pollack's easy-going, gender-bending comedy seems to have grown in stature and reputation with age, and it is not difficult to see why.

The film is mostly remembered for Dustin Hoffman's outstanding portrayal of Dorothy, the bespectacled, conservative woman who stands for neither discrimination nor nonsense

...an amiable and frequently hilarious comedy that boasts one of the most effective performances of Hoffman's career.

Rather than confront what it sets up, it takes the one joke and runs -- till it runs out of steam.

One of the best and most significant comedies of the 1980s: Some Like It Hot, when Dustin Hoffman is in drag, it does change his attitude toward sex, women, and courtship. Pollack is here at his best as a commercial director.

sublime comedy

The tone is quick-witted and appealing, with some of the smartest dialogue this side of Billy Wilder...

One of the funniest things I have ever seen was Dustin Hoffman weeping uncontrollably as he recounted how he never truly understood the inner pain and torment of what it felt like to be an ugly woman until he made Tootsie.

One of the funniest films of the Reagan-era

Better than it should be, but doesn't work well with repeated viewings.

Possibly one of the top half dozen overrated films of all time.