Mrs. Doubtfire
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation | Release Date: November 24, 1993 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
5
Negative:
3
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60
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Williams has to break out of a second-rate "Tootsie" imitation, ankles clamped in pathos and face covered in latex. He pulls it off in the end, but it's not pretty. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
The movie's biggest challenge, one that it does not exactly meet, is to persuade the audience that this husband and father's escapade is somehow an act of love. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
Anyone looking for the kind of comic brio that Dustin Hoffman and company brought to "Tootsie" will not find it here. [24 Nov 1993 Pg. F1]
50
The New YorkerTerrence Rafferty
But the picture as a whole isn't in the class of "Tootsie" and "Some Like It Hot," mostly because its premise is sentimental, not cynical. Read full review
50
USA TodaySusan Wloszczyna
That Mrs. Doubtfire, a Tootsie Poppins for our times, misfires in the plausibility department and mis-aims its well-meaning if muddled messages about divorce doesn't matter. [24 Nov 1993 Pg. 01.D]
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