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Mrs. Doubtfire

1993

Chris Columbus

Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Mara Wilson ...

5.6

87,524

Comedy. Drama An unemployed actor loses custody of his children after his wife leaves him. Desperate to spend more time with the kids, the crafty thespian decides to dress up as a 60-year-old British woman and interview with his ex-wife for a nanny position. He lands the job, but he'll have to give the performance of his life to keep it.

	Author	Review
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"You will laugh till your ribs ache (...) Williams is to funny what the Energizer Bunny is to batteries. He keeps going and going and going"	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"Williams's genius is in [the] details, and it is given free rein during much of 'Mrs. Doubtfire'"	POS
United States	Brian Lowry Variety	"Although overly sappy in places and probably 20 minutes too long, this Robin Williams-in-drag vehicle provides the comic a slick surface for doing his shtick"	POS
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Radio Times	"Robin Williams gives one of the performances of his career (...) No matter how many times you've seen it already, it's worth watching again (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"This is fun to see. But soon the plot machinery begins to creak (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Duane Byrge The Hollywood Reporter	"This comedy's warm and soothing nature will give mainstream audiences in these dysfunctional-family times a perfect holiday uplift."	POS
United States	David Ansen Newsweek	"I've rarely laughed so much at a movie I generally disliked"	NEU
United Kingdom	Caroline Westbrook Empire	"A laugh riot - the sight of our hero setting fire to his falsies never fails to amuse (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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