Tootsie

1982 • 1h 56m • Comedy, Romance

91%Rotten Tomatoes

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.

Director

Sydney Pollack

Writers

Larry Gelbart, Murray Schisgal, Elaine May

Status

Released