Could Mrs. Doubtfire Be Made Today?

LOL, what a great question. No, probably. And thank Christ it was made, it's Robin Williams at his best.

By that do you suggest some kind of trans rubbish might prevent it being made today? FFS, it's a funny kids movie about a man who dresses up as a woman nanny/housekeeper so he can see his kids, nothing political about it. Grow up

HELLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Probably not, Robin Williams has been dead for a while now.

Yes, of course. Bruce Jenner as Daniel Hillard/Mrs Doubtfire, Kris Jenner as Miranda, Jenner/Kardashian kids et. al as their kids. It would be a hoot!

We don't have anyone nearly that talented, now. RIP Robin Williams

No...

r5 We gotta call the cops! We gotta dial 911 now! Mrs. Doubtfire! He's a she! She's a he! He's a she-she. He's half-man, half-woman.

We have to stop referring to Caitlyn as if she were a real person

I hate this obnoxious movie.

r10 is Mrs Sellner

I have R10 blocked, she must be a malignant cunt

Some woke cunt will remake it in the reverse, Reese Witherspoon dresses as a man to see her kids, hilarity will ensure; Mr Doubtfire

Considering the musical version was already getting trans backlash before it even officially opened, I'd say not. They went after the Tootsie musical, too. I'm not sure what's so hard from some of these people to figure out. Neither of these characters identifies as trans, therefore, it's not a story about them.

Mr. Certaintywater

My mother was a sour person but she liked Robin Williams after seeing Mrs. Doubtfire because Mrs Doubtfire reminded her of her mother. But her mother had an Irish accent whereas Williams sounded like he was going for a Scots Lite accent. But it’s true, my grandmother had a chin just like Robin Williams. She was not an attractive woman.

hilarity

I never realized it was a popular movie, but I guess it has been shown on cable so many times that every millennial kid has seen it a dozen times,

r17 It must bee hell going threw life with you're condition

cunts gonna cunt R19

Yes.

r20 Correcting grammar and spelling on a gay gossip site to make yourself feel better, you must get lots of sex.

She has a power tool in the bedroom dear, surprised she hasn't chipped her teeth

I think it could be made today, but they would have to add a likeable character who is actually a cross-dresser, or trans, who Robin Williams' character gets to know on a personal level. Otherwise, the movie would be seen, probably rightfully, as trivializing a group of people and an issue that has become important in public life.

Yep. They'd probably make the brother makeup artist trans to shelter them from some of the blowback.

Only if it was a Tyler Perry Production™: Mrs. Madea.

It always annoyed me that Mrs Doubtfire referred to herself as English when she clearly had a Scottish accent.

Truly, I'd rather not see anyone try to top Robin Williams in this role. Watching his performance now is like watching a master class. He's hysterically funny, but he's so warm and lovable and he sells the dramatic moments better than anyone else could. I'm surprised he didn't get an Oscar nom for this role. He's that good in the film. Better they come up with something along the lines of Tootsie or Some Like It Hot - another film that's similar, but not the exact same thing.

Perhaps he'd have been more likely to get a nomination if they'd kept this scene in.

It always annoyed me that Mrs Doubtfire referred to herself as English when she clearly had a Scottish accent.

Sweetie, she had a rubber face and body padding, she wasn't real

I think the trannies identify with Mrs. Doubtfire. Don't they claim to have hot flashes?

It couldn't be played by a straight actor, but someone like Laverne Cox could play her.

Trans issues are so important that they will change the shape of Hollywood comedies. Yes, I believe that.

First they'd have to get rid of the all-white cast.

OP, it's already been deemed problematic, so no, it probably couldn't be made today.

Roald Dahl's Matilda has also been criticized and likely wouldn't be developed into a movie or musical today either.

Why has Matilda been criticised, R34?

R35, the book makes a masculine woman evil and a pretty, feminine woman is her victim and portrayed as an "ideal" woman. The musical was criticized for casting a man as Ms. Trunchbull.

No, some kind of trans rubbish might prevent it being made today!

Mara Wilson who starred in both Matilda and Mrs Doubtfire believes that changing your biological sex is like changing your hair colour:

Yes, because Chris Columbus isn't a TERF.

[quote]Neither of these characters identifies as trans, therefore, it's not a story about them.

All things are about trans. You will obey!

[quote] Yes, because Chris Columbus isn't a TERF.

No, just a hack who ruined the first few [italic]Harry Potter[/italic] movies with his literalism and sub-Spielberg, John Hughes-influenced boomer mawkish sentimentality. [italic]Rent[/italic] would have been dated trash no matter who made it into a film.

[quote]I think it could be made today, but they would have to add a likeable character who is actually a cross-dresser, or trans, who Robin Williams' character gets to know on a personal level.

The transperson character could teach Robin Williams' character how harmful it is when he wears transface and turn it into a heartwarming teachable moment.

R41, have you read the source material, the first couple of Harry Potter books? Mawkish sentimentality from cover to cover. I'm not saying Chris Columbus is a great director, but you can't polish a turd.

Most trans girls are as humorless as psychotic as nomi Malone.

Joey Lawrence can play the role originated by his brother.

R42: That show already exists, and Robin was in the movie. It was called [italic]The World According to Garp[/italic].

[quote] Joey Lawrence can play the role originated by his brother.

He’s too old to play one of the Hilliard children. He was too old in 1993. He should play Uncle Frank.

I don't think so, OP. And on a recent rewatch i realized what a shitheel Robin's character was to Sally Field. It also doesn't help that Pierce Brosnan is charming as fuck in this movie.

[quote] And on a recent rewatch i realized what a shitheel Robin's character was to Sally Field.

I know! I didn't pick up on it as a kid, but as an adult you can see how manipulative he is. You can understand why she doesn't want him to have much time alone with the kids.

R49, that's what makes the film work for me. The beloved Robin Williams is actually playing against type in a way. His character is a childish, petulant man-baby who offloads all the hard work of parenting on his wife and makes her be the bad guy.

When he "becomes" a woman, he finally learns what it means to be the grownup in the group, but too late. He can only really be a good father when he's playing pretend.

It's a bonus that Field's character is deliberately made shrill and dowdy, so you start out sympathizing with him, not her. But astute viewers will reverse their sympathies by the end of the film. And it was a great touch to make Brosnan's character gentlemanly and mature, not a bad guy (the way Williams' character sees him, in his jealousy).

[quote] It's a bonus that Field's character is deliberately made shrill and dowdy

They deliberately made Field’s character be an average wife so as to not take the focus off of Williams and to make his character relatable. The point of the movie is to show how a father came up with an out of the box solution for a common issue that husbands face.

[Quote] His character is a childish, petulant man-baby who offloads all the hard work of parenting on his wife and makes her be the bad guy.

I just want to slap him when he starts yelling at Sally (after the reveal) that she stole his kids from him. You know Mara Wilson needed some serious therapy after what went down lol

[quote] he starts yelling at Sally (after the reveal) that she stole his kids from him.

Her stealing the kids and trying to isolate them from their father was the worst thing she did to him, but certainly not the only thing.

The trans would be out to kill the project. It could not be made today in this new 'woke' world that no longer possesses a sense of humour.

Trans take it very seriously when they’re portrayed as insane. For some reason it really irks them.

Can’t think why.

Mrs. Doubtfire couldn't be made today not because of the premise of the film - man dresses as woman to be near his kids - but because of the penchant for turning fiction into a non-existent social/political reality.

R53 Robin's character has no ground to stand on after the manipulative shit he pulled as Mrs Doubtfire. He deserved it.

^^^ uncompromising, not non-existent ^^^

I hope not. Terrible movie.

WE SEE YOU WHITE MRS DOUBTFIRE

I’m just glad they cut those endless scenes with Polly Holiday from the final cut.

Hot Jumbalaya!

So, so much better than Tootsie.

If they made it today, they wouldn’t get to open with a Chuck Jones cartoon.

Not without my daughter.

[quote] —although I'd be interested to see a Kubrick re-write of Harry Potter

Something tells me that isn't going to happen.

I love that this movie exists, and I've never seen it.

I think those with brains can discern intent. There is no anti-trans bent in this film. It's simply a movie about a father who wants to spend time with his kids. That, and Robin's performance, was the reason it was a hit.

And, thank goodness, because it helped green-light The Birdcage as well, I imagine.

Uncle Frank saying “why wasn’t I an only child?“ to Daniel when he needs the backup mask he just happened to have on hand now seems eerily prescient considering Harvey Fierstein has outlived Robin Williams.

I doubtfire it.

"Could Mrs. Doubtfire Be Made Today?"

You mean right now? On Zoom? With facemasks?

Because with Trump fucking up the country with ignoring the virus we need another thread of some republican whining about being "censored" by the "Transtapo" Did Rush Limbaugh come up with that gem? He did give us "Feminazis."

That Rush! What a card! What a black boy raping pill junkie card! I think that card is the white of turds.

The Trump card of course is the orange of turds.

You might not want to handle the deck without gloves.

Uncle Frank was the best character.

Feminists would actually be justified in using the same tactics as Nazis at this point in time.

The film also used this song which celebrates trans people from the cis-perspective (WAY before its time). Makes me love the song even more. Steven Tyler and Aerosmith rule!

[quote]this song which celebrates trans people from the cis-perspective

That song is about Mötley Crüe's Vince Neil

Yes, it can be made and here is the perfect Mrs. Doubtfire.

All Robin Williams ever did was jump up and down and shout nonsense like a four year old.

What about Aunt Jack? The notorious sloppy bottom of the Castro.

R66, Harry Potter was published two years before Kubrick died. Of course, it's irrelevant that Harry Potter became famous after Kubrick died because we can all playfully imagine how he would have adapted that, or any book (including ones published long before he died), into a movie.

TRANS! TRANS! TRANS! EVERYTHING must be about TRANS!

Not to mention it has a young man starring as an old woman in a children’s television show. Can you imagine explaing to your toddler that MrsDoubtfire is really a cis gender male who is sexually & culturally appropriating not bust another gender, but also generation & Scots women

It wasn't until after this movie that they started showing classic Bugs Bunny cartoons on TV less and less.

I find it hard to watch now knowing what an obnoxious, insufferable cunt Mara Wilson grew up to be.

Matilda's parents were right all along.

R83 what's wrong with Mara??

[quote] I just want to slap him when he starts yelling at Sally (after the reveal) that she stole his kids from him. You know Mara Wilson needed some serious therapy after what went down lol —Anonymous

There's a deleted scene that was supposed to be towards the end where the oldest girl says "I hate you both" after Mrs. Doubtfire is revealed to have been Daniel all along.

It was mindless fun. But it's not in the Tootsie and Some Like It Hot atmosphere.

I wonder whether a 140-minute cut that included some more of Polly Holiday's scenes and the resolution to the spelling bee business and the bus driver bits would still have been equally successful. It would likely have been dramatically more cohesive. Half of the cut parts flesh out the characters, the other half are just longer versions of things we already know.