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List Price: $19.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 24289
Released: October 14, 2003 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A divorced man takes a job in disguise as his ex-wife's housekeeper to be near his children.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 27-AUG-2002
Media Type: DVD
Description of Mrs. Doubtfire (Widescreen Edition):
This huge 1993 hit for Robin Williams and director Chris Columbus (Home Alone), based on a novel called Alias Madame Doubtfire by Anne Fine, stars Williams as a loving but flaky father estranged from his frustrated wife (Sally Field). Devastated by a court order limiting his time with the children, Williams's character disguises himself as a warm, old British nanny who becomes the kids' best friend. As with Dustin Hoffman's performance in Tootsie, Williams's drag act--buried under layers of latex and padding--is the show, and everything and everyone else on screen serves his sometimes frantic role. Since that's the case, it's fortunate that Williams is Williams, and his performance is terribly funny at times and exceptionally believable in those scenes where his character misses his children. Playing Williams's brother, a professional makeup artist, Harvey Fierstein has a good support role in a bright sequence where he tries a number of feminine looks on Williams before settling on Mrs. Doubtfire's visage. --Tom Keogh
Mrs. Doubtfire (Widescreen Edition) Reviews:
Best Movie of the Decade! 
2009-12-16 - On Blu Ray, this Movie is even better! Not many features, but the quality of the sound and picture is phenomenal. I would recommend this movie to anyone with a heart!
Williams proves being a nanny is a real "drag"
2009-10-30 - In my opinion, one of Robin Williams' best films...and I mean it when I say it's his film all the way. What might have been a one-joke idea about a flaky, unemployed Dad who has a radical makeover in order to be near his kids, Williams makes it an engaging & fun journey, with a sincere & heartful message about why parents sometimes must divorce. The young actors who play Williams' kids are adorable without being precocious, the sturdy "out" actor Harvey Fierstein is terrific as his doting make-up artist brother, and the wonderful Sally Field is tops as his estranged wife, a strong actress who can hold her own quite well against Williams' manic genius.
It takes a good comic actor to make a fictional character like Mrs. Doubtfire seem amusing, sympathetic and, above all, tangible. Even in the heart-rending scenes in which Williams expresses his need to be near his children, you feel for him.
Another triumph for both Williams & director Chris Columbus...and a must-have comedy!
One Very Funny And Entertaining Movie 
2009-09-22 - Here, we go again with a very funny and entertaining movie with one of the best actors around "Robin Williams". This movie makes me laugh and laugh every time I watch it which is quite often. He was excellent in this movie, not only for the humor but just overall playing one part in the movie "Daniel Hillard" and then playing the other part, a woman. That takes a lot of work and energy. I don't see anybody else doing this movie like that except for him because of the way he is and everything. I mean, "Jim Carrey" is also funny but I don't see him doing it, they picked the right person for this part. I hope that he continues making funny and entertaining movies like this as well as drama movies that are touching and heart warming.
Great family film
2009-09-11 - I grew up in the 90s and this is by far my favorite movie to come from that time. Everything is there: great scenes of San Francisco, a hilarious Robin Williams, a nice family lead by Sally Fields and just a feel good environment (even though some of the obstacles for Daniel aren't so nice). This is the kind of movie that I can watch over and over again and still enjoy it. To this day I still genuinely laugh at the things Robin Williams does as Mrs. Doubtfire. Granted I have great sentimental value for this movie I think that most families alike can watch and truly enjoy this great film, especially since most families usually have split up parents this movie is a nice way of showing how one family deals with that situation. Love it!
"Hellooooooooooo!"
2009-09-08 - Robin Williams is a comic genius as well as a marvelous and brilliant actor. In Mrs. Doubtfire Robin plays a man who dresses as an old woman to be closer to his children after his wife throws him out. His wife, played by the lovely Sally Field, needs a housekeeper and nanny while she is at work and unknowing to her she hires this old woman, the English-speaking Mrs. Doubtfire, to keep her home and family in order. The laughs are priceless and the story a tender one in that the film shows the lengths in which a man will go to in order to keep his children in his life. I can atually watch this classic a million times and never tire of it. It is really a movie for the whole family to enjoy.
This fantastic two disc DVD edition features the film in widescreen as well as an informative booklet on the making of the movie. There are extended and deleted scenes included as well as the featurette "The Evolution of Mrs. Doubtfire" with interviews with the stars and production personnel. The original 1993 trailer is added as well as publicity stills and much more. Subtitles are in spanish and the movie is 125 minutes long.
