r/moviecritic • u/TapAdmirable5666 • 1d ago

Mrs. Doubtfire is a weird movie

So I got to choose a movie to watch with the kids (9, 13 and 15) and decided to show them a childhood classic. Mrs. Doubtfire.

That movie was a hell of a lot weirder then I remember.

I remember Pierce Brosnan being the bad guy but honestly the guy didn’t do anything wrong and is mostly the victim of Robin Williams.

And the part in the restaurant with Robin Williams telling him he has to compete with a vibrator which pounds like a jackhammer. WHAT KIND OF KIDS MOVIE IS THIS!? 😂

I mean the kids liked the movie so mission accomplished but damn the 90’s were something else.

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u/happycamper2345 1d ago

I recently saw the movie. It’s apparent that the movie is for kids of divorced parents. The message of the movie is that kids shouldn’t blame themselves when their parents get divorced.

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u/Morlanticator 18h ago

I wish I took it that way instead of losing so much time thinking it was my fault.

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u/Upset_Culture_6066 11h ago

Another Robin Williams line for you: “It’s not your fault.”

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u/njstore 9h ago

I know.

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u/Thatguy755 7h ago

It’s not your fault

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u/njstore 7h ago

I know.

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u/Sttocs 5h ago

It’s not your fault.

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u/Free_Luigi 14h ago

Probably better that way... We knew without a shadow of a doubt it was my mom's fault or family fell apart. She was a horrible wife and parent then, but somehow the judge seemed to think, "hey, this woman is vile human trash, let's give her sole custody"

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u/Smooth-Duck-4669 3h ago

You know I never really thought about this as an adult, but as someone who’s parents divorced right around the time this movie came out (and my parents weirdly resembled Sally Fields and Robin Williams) I never once blamed myself. So I think the mission was accomplished without me ever realizing.