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Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) Rank 5 Reviews
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Variety (Brian Lowry)
Director Chris Columbus shrewdly brings together many of the same selling points as in his "Home Alone" movies, mixing broad comedic strokes with heavy-handed messages about the magical power of family. ...read the complete Mrs. Doubtfire movie review at Variety (Brian Lowry)
A Guide to Current DVD (Aaron Beierle)
DVD Review e-zine
Washington Post (Rita Kempley)
And you will laugh till your ribs ache -- not because director Chris Columbus of the "Home Alone" movies has a gift for farce, which he does, but because Williams is to funny what the Energizer Bunny is to batteries. He keeps going and going and going. ...read the complete Mrs. Doubtfire movie review at Washington Post (Rita Kempley)
Empire (Caroline Westbrook)
Although the broad comedy of the first half soon gives way to a tidal wave of entirely uncalled for sentimentality, this is still a laugh riot - the sight of our hero setting fire to his falsies never fails to amuse. ...read the complete Mrs. Doubtfire movie review at Empire (Caroline Westbrook)
BBC Films (Almar Haflidason)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Strictly speaking, it's not a top example of movie making, but it offers two hours of undeniably solid entertainment, and not too many viewers can argue with that. ...read the complete Mrs. Doubtfire movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Williams gives an inspired comic performance. Unfortunately, he outclasses the movie, which is basically a patchwork rip-off of Tootsie. ...read the complete Mrs. Doubtfire movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
It seems strange to watch Mrs. Doubtfire and not see Dustin Hoffman. This is, after all, a variation on Tootsie meets Kramer vs. Kramer, both of which featured Hoffman. Here, it's Robin Williams fighting for custody of his children, while donning high hee ...read the complete Mrs. Doubtfire movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Andrew Hicks (Andrew Hicks)
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Christian Spotlight on the Movies
DVD Net (Amy Flower)
You know, we've seen it all before. Man meets woman, man and woman marry, man and woman have three cutesy kids, man and woman divorce, man dresses up as woman to be with his kids... Oops, hang on a minute. ...read the complete Mrs. Doubtfire movie review at DVD Net (Amy Flower)
Time (Richard Schickel)
Most of the fun comes from seeing people fooled by what seems to us, who are in on the joke, a completely penetrable ruse. Curiously enough, what's really unpersuasive about Mrs. Doubtfire -- not to say draggy -- is its nondrag sequences. ...read the complete Mrs. Doubtfire movie review at Time (Richard Schickel)
Teen Movie Critic (Vivian Rose)
Crazy for Cinema (Lisa Skrzyniarz)
Robin Williams may be one of the best comedians of our time, but I have to wonder about his film choices. For the most part, he has impeccable taste where drama is concerned, however, he comedy choices sorely lack the intelligent and subversive aspects ...read the complete Mrs. Doubtfire movie review at Crazy for Cinema (Lisa Skrzyniarz)
allesfilm.com (Viktor Szontagh)
Spirituality & Practice (Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat)
TV Guide (Staff(not credited))
Daniel is so hopelessly immature, and played with such puppy-dog overkill by Williams, that it's impossible to root for him--until you meet his wife, whom Sally Field makes even less appealing. ...read the complete Mrs. Doubtfire movie review at TV Guide (Staff(not credited))
Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
But the film is not as amusing as the premise, and there were long stretches when I'd had quite enough of Mrs. Doubtfire. ...read the complete Mrs. Doubtfire movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Washington Post (Desson 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 the complete Mrs. Doubtfire movie review at Washington Post (Desson Thomson)
Palo Alto Weekly (Neil Martin)
The New Yorker (Terrence 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 the complete Mrs. Doubtfire movie review at The New Yorker (Terrence Rafferty)
The New York Times (Janet 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 the complete Mrs. Doubtfire movie review at The New York Times (Janet Maslin)
eFilmCritic.com (--)
Film Values/Family Values (H. Arthur Taussig)
Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Now that Robin Williams has been emasculated--dangerously schizoid comic turned into nice-guy movie star--it isn't too surprising that a commercial hack like Chris Columbus would use him the way he does in this cutesy 1993 comedy: cutting between ...read the complete Mrs. Doubtfire movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice
Austin Chronicle (Robert Faires)
It's just raw, uncoated stupidity that sticks in your throat. ...read the complete Mrs. Doubtfire movie review at Austin Chronicle (Robert Faires)
Film Threat (--)
Film Threat (Brad Laidman)
Mrs. Doubtfire is overlong, barely funny, and a surprisingly bitter movie especially for a film aimed at children. ...read the complete Mrs. Doubtfire movie review at Film Threat (Brad Laidman)
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