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/AddisonFlowstate 19h ago

I even tried to give it another shot this season. In the end, it's a terrible movie with a terrible message. Robin Williams character is an intolerable asshole, selfish beyond measure. There's also moments that are so far fetched even a child would be like "what the fuck?"

Did not age well at all. I can't even imagine what's contained on the countless roles of film they threw out because of Robin Williams constant Improv. Supposedly, one of the first cuts of the film was extremely long and would have received an NC-17 rating, if you can believe it.