Name: Tootsie
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 1982-12-17
Duration: 1 h 56 min
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning

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Synopsis

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.

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.

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barackobama7.8October 22, 2026

A more primitive take on feminism yadda yadda but it’s FUNNY. Somehow these older films where men have to play women are still funny bc gender norms are silly and toxic masculinity is silly and love is silly and I guess cross dressing is a way to play around with them. Dustin Hoffman killed it in this and Dorothy body so tea!!