1993 · family · cross-dressing · robin-williams
Mrs. Doubtfire
Directed by Chris Columbus2h 5m1993
Loving but irresponsible dad Daniel Hillard, estranged from his exasperated spouse, is crushed by a court order allowing only weekly visits with his kids. When Daniel learns his ex needs a housekeeper, he gets the job -- disguised as a British nanny. Soon he becomes not only his children's best pal but the kind of parent he should have been from the start.
Our read: Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded family · cross-dressing · robin-williams entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, kinetic, gentle family / cross-dressing, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- brisk
- redemptive
- tender
- funny
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