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Ratings by Chuck Vinch. Robin Williams and Sally Field get together in one of your stranger ways in mrs. Doubtfire. 20th Century Fob Chuck Vinch staff write Ron movie mrs. Doubtfire rated pg-13 a a aaa a must sea. Aaa Worth your Tom a a passable entertainment a coming soon to a video outlet near you and you can wait Robin Williams in drag a and grand Motherly drag at that. Now there a a concept to get your heart racing. Williams runs through his usual plethora of manic voices and Stream of consciousness bits in this tale of a dad who goes through extraordinary efforts to remain close to his kids while his marriage Breaks up. But this time around his shtick seems stuck. The problem is that you never forget he a Robin Williams a comedian by training and inclination hell never lose himself in a character the Way the Best actors can. And its impossible to escape the nagging feeling that we be seen him do this stuff too Many times before. Williams is emotionally arrested Daniel Hillard whose specially is a doing voices a How convenient for cartoons and soundtracks. His High spirited Outlook endears him to his three kids Standard Issue Hollywood moppets Lisa Jakub Chris Lawrence and Mara Wilson to whom Daniel says he is but his irresponsibility and immaturity he imports an entire petting zoo for his songs birthday party and lets the animals run wild through the House make him a source of endless frustration for his wife Miranda Sally Fielda High powered corporate Type. Miranda finally hits her breaking Point telling an anguished Daniel that she wants a divorce and the courts award her sole custody of the kids until he shows he can get his act together. When Miranda advertises for a Nanny to watch the kids after school Daniel sees an Opportunity to stay close to them. He enlists the Aid of his Gay brother Frank Harvey Fierstein professional makeup artist and applies for the position As elderly englishwoman mrs. Doubtfire. As usual Williams pours ail his considerable Energy into his work. Before the opening credits even finish rolling he sings the marriage of Figaro and docs impressions of Porky pig Gandhi and Jack Nicholson. But director Chris Columbus and screenwriters Randi Mayem Singer and Leslie Dixon adapting Anne fines novel alias Madame Doubtfire never use subtlety when they can smash you Over the head instead. They go to unbelievably convoluted lengths to set up two of the films Centrepiece scenes in which Williams must make rapid fire v changes Between Daniel and mrs Doubtfire. The gender Bender jokes also lean toward the cheap and obvious As when mrs. Doubtfire a fake breasts catch fire while she a cooking or when she startles an elderly bus Driver by flashing an exceedingly hairy leg. Perhaps the consummate crime perpetrated by Columbus a one of Hollywood a Premier purveyors of Faux feelgood happiness a is the scene in which mrs. Doubtfire wields a vacuum while bumping and grinding to Aero Smith a dude looks like a lady. Its a blatant Ripoff of Tom cruises famous scene in risky business. Talented Oscar Winner Field gets exceedingly Short shrift. He working woman character is set up As a demonic Symbol for All the dysfunctional family problems of the world. She is reduced mainly to a series of Brief walk on line readings although she does get to pitch a couple of outrageously Missy fits. Pierce Brosnan As Miranda a new Beau Stu fares even worse. He disappears from View after an embarrassing restaurant scene in which he chokes on a piece of food before mrs. Doubtfire almost finishes him off while performing the Heimlich Man Euver. Any Williams film is going to have at least some High Points and this one is no exception. When Miranda asks the supposedly widowed mrs Doubtfire what happened to her husband she says a the drink killed him. A ooh he was an alcoholic a Miranda asks. A no he was hit by a guinness truck Quot mrs. Doubtfire replies. A eventually however Columbus indulges in his uncontrollable penchant for pathos. I have a feeling that Many viewers Are going to like this film a lot More than i did. But hey that a the great thing about democracy. Afro. Doubtfire has its moments but not enough to earn More than two stars from me. Page 12 sunday december 12, 1993
