This huge 1993 hit for Robin Williams and director Chris Columbus (Home Alone), based on a novel by Anne Fine, stars Williams as a loving but flaky father estranged from his frustrated wife (Sally Field). Devastated by a court order limiting his time with the children, Williams's character disguises himself as a warm, old British nanny who becomes the kids' best friend. As with Dustin Hoffman's performance in Tootsie, Williams's drag act--buried under layers of latex and padding--is the show and everything and everyone else on screen serves his sometimes frantic role. Since that's the case, it's fortunate that Williams is Williams and his performance is terribly funny at times and exceptionally believable in those scenes where his character misses his children. Playing Williams's brother, a professional makeup artist, Harvey Fierstein has a good support role in a bright sequence where he tries a number of feminine looks on Williams before settling on Mrs Doubtfire's visage. --Tom Keogh
--This text refers to the VHS Tape edition.
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Robin Williams | Daniel Hillard |
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Sally Field | Miranda Hillard |
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Pierce Brosnan | Stuart Dunmeyer |
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Harvey Fierstein | Frank Hillard |
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Polly Holliday | Gloria Chaney |
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Lisa Jakub | Lydia Hillard |
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Matthew Lawrence | Chris Hillard |
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Mara Wilson | Natalie Hillard |
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Robert Prosky | Jonathan Lundy |
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Anne Haney | Mrs. Sellner |
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Scott Capurro | Jack |
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Sydney Walker | Bus Driver |
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Joe Bellan | TV Boss |
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Martin Mull | Justin Gregory |
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Terence McGovern | ADR Director Lou |
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Karen Kahn | Female Employee #1 |
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Eva Gholson | Female Employee #2 |
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James Cunningham | Male Employee |
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Ralph Peduto | Cop |
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Scott Beach | Judge |
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Juliette Marshall | Miranda's Attorney |
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Drew Letchworth | Daniel's Attorney |
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Jessica Myerson | Miranda's Mother |
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Sharon Lockwood | Alice |
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Jim Cullen | Thug |
| Director | Chris Columbus |
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| Writer | Anne Fine, Randi Mayem Singer, Leslie Dixon | |
| Producer | Joan Bradshaw, Linda Jones Clough, Paula DuPré Pesmen, Stephen Fossatti, Mark Radcliffe, Matthew Rushton, Marsha Garces Williams, Robin Williams | |
| Musician | Howard Shore | |
| Photography | Donald McAlpine | |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Widescreen (1.78:1) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital 5.0 [English] |
| Subtitles | Czech | Danish | Dutch | English | Finnish | Hebrew | Hungarian | Icelandic | Norwegian | Polish | Portuguese | Swedish |
| Distributor | 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Jul 30, 2001 |
| Regions | Region 2 |