In a comedy atmosphere, this movie, follows the life of Michael Dorsey, a talented actor, who suffers from being unemployed, according to his personality, who needs money, so he makes his mind to dressed as a woman named, Dorsey, introducing himself to drama, the thing that leads him to stardom.
a wonderful movie, full of warmth and good humor balanced with both farcical silliness and level-headed recognition of certain social truths about the sexes we often want to ignore
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.
Common Sense Media
January 02, 2011
Touching romantic comedy with a twist.
CineVue
April 18, 2016
Tootsie's finely balanced writing is one of the film's greatest strengths, being consistently funny without ever turning the central premise into a gag.