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/TapAdmirable5666 1d ago

Yeah. It was a brave choice not letting them get back together but showing she was better off alone.

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u/D_Angelo_Vickers 1d ago

I read about this, they had an alternate ending where the parents got back together, but didn't want children of divorce to think that's going to happen with their parents.

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u/forced_metaphor 1d ago

I grew up with my parents sitting us down seriously once a year to tell us they were getting a divorce.

It got to the point where we didn't believe them when they said it, even though we desperately wanted them to do it.

They're still unhappily married, going on 44 years now.

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u/Trigger109 1d ago

Uuuuh wtf?