22 Movies You’ll Regret Not Watching
7. Tootsie
Dustin Hoffman, under the direction of Sydney Pollack in this 1982 movie, wasn’t planning to become the inspiration for women throughout the city.
When he falls in love with his co-star, and the co-star’s father falls in love with him, it becomes even harder to keep the secret.
One of the reasons why “Tootsie” is so successful has to do with its impeccable cast. Dustin Hoffman is so good in the movie that many people forget that the great Bill Murray is also one of his co-stars.
If you can forget Bill Murray is in a movie, you know you’re on the right track. Hoffman sealed his fate as one of Hollywood’s most revered actors with this poignant and funny portrayal of a desperate man and a woman who becomes a Feminist role model for women.
Because he wins a female role on soap opera and is thought to be, in reality, a woman, the plot is centered upon Hoffman’s character trying to pull it off. His life becomes layered with act upon act. The soap opera scenes are laugh-out-loud funny and the climax and conclusion are so immensely satisfying that you will have to see this film twice; once just isn’t enough!
