A father loses his children in a custody battle. He loves his children. Loves them more than god (whom he never mentions so I must assume hes an atheist). He wont let the law get in his way so what does he do?
Dresses up as a 60 yr old english women and becomes their nanny.
Many would call this movie some sort of glorification of drag queenism. I call it a genius. I call it the very reason why the West 4th street station is alright in my book. Despite all the balls dangling from the short skirts.
Yea I said it.
Mrs. Doubtfire shows us that you gotta do what you gotta do. No matter how degrading. No matter how uncomfortable. Would I wear a pair of tits and make up in order to see my kids? No. And this makes me a flawed person. Mrs. Doubtfire points out this very apparent fact. The fact that Im not willing to do what I gotta do in order to get it done.
This movie should be shown in highschools across the universe (another great movie) to show kids that if you arent willing to do what it takes, then they arent worth feeding. All the while theyre laughing at all the hilarious antics. But…theyre learning.
Mrs. Doubtfire also contains one of the greatest movie moments in history. I wont get into it in great detail, because Im sure most of you have seen this movie, but it can be described in one sentence:
“Holy crap…the nanny pees standing up.”
The camera angle
The kids face
The fact that Robin Williams bolted out of the bathroom and there is no way he got his penis back into his suit
Note : I only realized this recently. For the entire conversation, he pretty much has his penis out under his dress. All I can think whenever I see that scene is “wow that must be extremely uncomfortable. In front of his kids and all.”
But I digress.
