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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3130 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-10-22
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Formats: Anamorphic, PAL, Special Edition
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 120 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
This huge 1993 hit for Robin Williams and director Chris Columbus (Home Alone), based on a novel called Alias Madame Doubtfire 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

DVD Description
Special Features:

Disc 1

Feature

Animated Menu

Cutting Room - Eighteen Deleted and Extended Scenes

Four Alternate Scenes

Disc 2

Animated Menu

Featurette - From Man To Mrs: The Evolution of Mrs Doubtfire

Featurette - Aging Gracefully: A Look Back At Mrs Doubtfire

Photo Gallery - Behind The Scenes (Approx 88 stills)

Four Animation Studio Segments

Featurette - Make-Up Application With Ve Neill

Still Gallery - Make-Up Photo Gallery (Approx 22 stills)

Five Make-Up Tests

The Improvisation Of Mrs Doubtfire

Featurette - Original 1993 Featurette

Featurette - Meet Mrs Doubtfire

Theatrical Trailer A

Theatrical Trailer B

Theatrical Trailer C

Two TV Spots

Publicity Still Gallery (Approx 100 stills)

Theatrical Posters (Approx 2 stills)

Synopsis
When an irresponsible and child-like dad (Robin Williams) is barred from seeing his kids, he disguises himself as a woman and applies for the job of housekeeper for his ex-wife (Sally Field). The disguise of a sturdy matron works a beneficial change on him as well...but how long can he keep the act up?

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Customer Reviews

Mrs Doubtfire Family Fun Edition

Fantastic film, Robin Williams at his best as Mrs Doubtfire & as Daniel Hilliard. Anybody who likes this film will love this family fun edition; features bonus features such as the making of the film, behind the scenes which shows Robin Williams improvising. Anybody who has seen this film should get this edition of it, great value only 4.98 on amazon which is fantastic.

Just the One I Wanted
This was just the dvd that I wanted. I was already familiar with the contents since I have the Region 1 dvd but even though I can play that one on my DVD player, I still see that it's from the USA as sometimes the camera image 'trembles'.
This one is perfect for me - Amazon: thank you for selling this dvd!

Figaro!
Robin Williams puts all of his quick wit into Daniel Hillard and Mrs. Euphegenia Doubtfire and gives us something to laugh about every time either of them is on screen. From Daniel's dinosaur rap to Mrs. Doubtfire attempting to cook a proper dinner without thinking about the two safety hazards in front of him. The hilarity of the situation really kicks in when both Daniel and Mrs. Doubtfire must appear at a restaurant simultaneously.

Though I enjoyed this film as a child, it definitely has to be seen as an adult. Many of the jokes can only be understood and therefore fully appreciated in the latter part of life. Perhaps it's not a fresh story but the way Chris Columbus has turned this into a fast paced comedy is incredible, it also has a damn good soundtrack. Who doesn't enjoy "Dude Looks Like a Lady" and picture Williams dancing with the vacuum cleaner and broom, lets be honest we've all done it...well we would if we cleaned.

Performances across the board are wonderful, with Sally Field as the ferocious Miranda Hillard; Pierce Brosnan as the suave Stuart Dunmeyer, something that seems to come naturally to any roll he plays; Lisa Jakub, Matthew Lawrence and Mara Wilson come off brilliantly as the innocent kids Lydia Hillard, Christopher Hillard and the sweet little Natalie Hillard. Another performance that can't go unnoticed is the wonderful Harvey Fierstein in the very comfortable role of Daniel's gay brother Frank Hillard. He of course happens to be a makeup artist and is more then content to turn his brother into a woman.

Though Brosnan's character is not developed enough for us to fully appreciate him he has a clear role as a punch bag for Daniel's hidden meaning jokes as Mrs. Doubtfire. A particularly superb scene occurs when Daniel is trying to find the look and goes through several altered faces as well as several marvellous voices, a point here no-one other then Williams could have made this anywhere near as uproarious. He makes Mrs. Doubtfire droll, rude, dominant and most importantly, he makes her utterly beilievable.

The only downside to this film is the mushy ending. Possibly the writers were ordered to write a strong morale ending where everyone is happy and a clear message is sent to people. The fun of the film is suddenly lost after the restaurant scene leaving 15 minutes of soppiness. Luckily this doesn't undermine the rest of the film and I'm sure there are plenty of people who enjoy that ending. It may also be the case that Hollywood rushed the writers of what could've been the perfect film, at points there seems to be a lack of meaningful or comical dialogue, which is a shame.

Un-Doubt-edly one of the funniest movies made and a must have DVD for any fans of Williams so get this DVD and in the wise words of Mrs. Doubtfire "brace yourself".