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Agreed, I think the reason I loved this movie so much since I was a child is because I was a child of Divorced parents, this movie felt relatable too me

great actors are usually also great writers. thanks for sharing that story!

Yes because it will teach kids that nothing is guaranteed for life.

My parents have been married for almost 40 years and yet I still find it relatable. I think because it’s deeper than just being about divorce but having family far away but still being in heart

@@lifesymphony2024 it's different when you have children.

@K.A. Sharmella It’s depends on the people involved. Yeah, when it was toxic and abusive it’s obvious why someone doesn’t want to see their ex. But sometimes the relationship was fine, it’s just that they’re not in love anymore. Daniel and Miranda fell somewhere in the middle. It wasn’t abusive, but it brought out the worst of them and Miranda realized it first (took Daniel a little longer). They’re amicable, but recognized that they’re better off separated, for their sakes and for their kids.

In this final scene when she smiled at the television when Mrs. Doubtfire answered the question from the viewer, hindsight 2020 I now think that she felt a sense of pride and Daniel that he had finally grown up. And at the exact same time she was reminded of the person she originally fell in love with. Not because she wants to reconcile, but because it’s the part of him that she’ll always love.

Nah dude, don't quote it... IT WAS a Friendly Divorce

@Briana Rudy Actually, that was Daniel's plan from the very beginning when he found out that Miranda was putting an ad for housekeeping where he said that he will pick up the kids from school and they can stay in his apartment for a few hours (I'm sure Daniel would cook for them if they stayed with him) and then he said he will drop them off at Miranda's house and the kids said they loved that idea but Miranda refused saying "I'll think about it" which probably meant "no." If Miranda agreed to that plan, everything would have stayed normal with the two of them and I'm sure that would be the end of the movie right then and there.

yeah they both had their positives and negatives

Miranda also learned a lot too and she doesn't have to take life seriously. She can be a fun mom once in a while.

Thank You! Most of the comments here are butthurt incels who make it about child support and "women are evil." rhetoric.

The truth of the matter is is this movie is about two very different people who’s marriage no longer worked because they needed very different things. One needed to grow up, the other needed to be set free of having to take on all the responsibility. And it’s like Sally said in the scene (and I’m paraphrasing here), the divorce is over, it’s time to stop the who did what to who.

Yes, but one of them had to grow and learn by being legally barred from his own children. And the other saw no problem in keeping the children away from their own parent. Hardly an even playing field.

It's like a farewell letter from the heart.

Did someone chop onions here?

Especially when you remember that the man who uttered those words took his own life because in the end he didn’t believe in that anymore ☹️

Foreshadowing that’s man’s life 😭

@@Chrysobubulle it's not illegal to fake your own death first of all *unless you're doing it to scam government*.....also ....EPSTIEN trials....is a thing still....WHO knows..maybe Elvis and MJ are still alive just hiding in luxury while laughing at those targeted and involved in the programs.

"POPPET" is a voodoo doll ....

You both went to blockbuster together.

That's a very touching story. I will always cherish the memories when my parents are gone. Both of my parents are alive, but my dad is at an age which many men in the family have died. So, I'm always thinking about those days.

That's a beautiful story. Your mom will always be in your memory and in your heart. Memories live on forever. ❤❤

Meaning it was more touching then you thought? or were you expecting Daniel and Miranda to get back together? They actually wanted to due that but Williams and Field were against it since they didn't wanna give kids the false hope that divorce always end up with a happy ending

Aww ❤️ thank you for sharing your sweet memory. My mom is also gone now and we saw it together. That's what great about these old great movies. You also remember who you were with when you first saw them ☺️❤️

It was originally scripted to end as that, but both Robin and Sally stepped in and said it would give kids false hopes when their coping divorces in their families. I think it ends on a different wholesome note, they both accept they can’t work as a couple, but they will always be there for their kids, and a bond like that brings back a friendship. Daniel and Miranda may not love each other again, but they will still see and think highly of each other because they both acknowledge they both are equally important to their children. I like to think of them as always happy and willing to share the room for their kids future birthdays, graduations, proms, even possibly weddings. Their marriage maybe over, but they both would remain on the best of terms, even might go as far as to share hugs or kisses on the cheek as they both get more comfortable with how their family is now.

@@dastemplar9681 I’m very glad Robin and Sally stepped in, especially because this film was probably consolation for many kids going through a divorce

@@dastemplar9681 it also states there are different families. Just because our parents aren't together anymore, it doesn't mean we don't have families. Mrs. Doubtfire mentions like for instance, some kids have foster families, single parent families, some kids live with aunt's and uncles. Some live with grandparents. Sometimes, two families live together. You'll always have family in your heart. I was one of those kids who lived with my grandparents during the 90s, so I love that they put that in there.

@@goldengirl5165 my family hasn’t been normal either, my mum and dad have been divorced since I was five and I was never sad about it, in fact I suggested it in the first place, family really is whatever we make it

Agreed, to me while it does end with something of an uplifting tone, there is still room for the audience to make up their own mind as to what happened down the road for Daniel, Miranda and the kids: did Daniel and Miranda make amends and get back together or, after much soul searching and another long talk, realize it was best for them to remain apart but be on good terms with each other.

It would be nice to see at least Daniel and Miranda giving each other a friendly hug that would make the kids very happy

It hits me too

Miranda needs him too. 😥

It enraged me that it took the entire film for Miranda to realize this! She was almost as bad as Daniel, using the kids as revenge against Daniel. She had every right to be angry at him, he was an immature dope for 14 years....but you do NOT use children as revenge.

Tell me about it. When Robin Williams passed away, I couldn’t watch any of his movies or movies he was involved in for 6 years straight. He was my favorite actor. Thankfully I’m much better now and can now watch his movies with no problem. Even though we’ll all miss him for the rest of our lives, we sometimes need a laugh at his jokes every now and then and be reminded how wonderful of a person he truly was. I wish we the fans could have returned him the favor through social media and maybe let him know that he has people there for him when he was in depression.

This is something that spoke to me before I understood the dinner table innuendos. Where there’s love, smallpox scars are as pretty as dimples.

I love that part. First time I saw it, I cried and cried. Robin Williams embodied each one of his characters. I wish someone had told HIM, it's going to be alright poppet.

@@pamelavanstaden4127 I know, what happened to Robin, or what he did, makes watching this end scene even more tearjerking

@@corey-bird3489 I like that. I'm going to use that one some time

I know, it really is so universal. This last speech in the movie alone makes this whole film that much better

Yeah I’m also a little surprised that he didn’t get any credit on the show as he was the one who made the Mrs. Doubtfire costume

His brother was played by Harvey Fierstein, who was the one who made the costume. Mr. Sprinkles is a different actor.

@@Maclvixen Yeah, he was referring to Daniel/Mrs. Doubtfire saying that they were going to have a guest named Frank, "who is a makeup artist."

I hope Aunt Jack was invited on with him 🤣

Also love how he rolls through that stop sign. Lol!

I love the scene in the apartment later in the movie where he has the placed cleaned up and he has cooked the kids a nice dinner instead of take out .

@Jane Doh I'm sure he loves his new job as a mailman for the show instead of hosting a dinosaurs show which the cameramen and test audiences found boring.

I'm pretty sure that he's in a much happier place than being a boring host talking about dinosaurs.

@@ladyfire44 In some ways, with Daniel being caught dressed as Mrs. Doubtfire by Miranda helped him and Mr. Lundy together. It helped Daniel get his very own show and it helped Mr. Lundy come up with a great idea for a show. Plus, with Daniel getting drunk from drinking too much alcohol and returning back to Mr. Lundy's table as Mrs. Doubtfire helped Daniel and Mr. Lundy together at the same time.

At least they didn't fire him?

@@Shanethefilmmaker I'm sure Mr. Sprinkles didn't have to be fired from the television studio if his job is in the television studio. There was a job opening for a shipping clerk and it was great that Mr. Sprinkles didn't take that job working for that grouch Tony.

I know, right? Daniel/Mrs Doubtfire's speech response to that letter on the show and Miranda's reaction while watching it was very touching

Especially when Robin Williams died.

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Even Sally Field was against the original ending because it was too anti-climatic and she also was divorced at the time. The original ending was going to reveal Stu as the bad guy and Daniel confronts him for the maltreatment of his kids. Miranda sees Stu for the terrible person he is and dups him. Unlike in the ending we got, she never found out that he was Mrs. Doubtfire. Miranda notices a letter addressed to her on a coffee table in the living room. She starts reading it and Mrs. Doubtfire explains that she was only there to help the family reconcile. As much as she wanted to stay with Miranda and enjoyed their conversations, she knows she must leave to find another family in need of her help.

It hit me when she ran intro his arms 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

She was touched because she knew Daniel learned a lot of life lessons from the divorce and could draw his experience from it.

@@ladyfire44 Yeah. Miranda didn't see how Daniel learned from the error of his ways at first because she was in total shock about how their beloved elderly nanny turned out to be her ex husband, and as the judge stated in court, it was a very unorthodox move. It was once she saw Daniel's new job as the host of a new program when she was able to fit that together with how firm and responsible he was as Mrs Doubtfire and she was now able to see how he became more responsible in general, and she was now able to raise the importance of that factor over the mere fact that he dressed as a woman pretending to someone else. That's why she went back to court to plead for joint custody. Miranda then even more so could see his self improvements once hearing Mrs Doubtfire's speech to that letter (as the kids rode off in Daniel's car). It's a great movie, and the main characters were each able to better themselves without making the movie to gooey.

Who knows, maybe after that they were able to work things out and eventually get back together

I think not. This resolve is much better to show their children that just because Daniel and Miranda aren't together anymore, doesn't mean that they don't love their children any less.

ladyfire44 I agree with you on that. It was all about the being with the children, not resurrecting their marriage.

Sounds like something my dad would've said, LOL

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LOL

She knew how miserable the kids were without Daniel in their lives and vice versa. Miranda owned up to her mistake and apologized to him at the studio. She had appealed to the judge to overturn his decision and allow Daniel to have joint custody of the children with no supervision.

@@ladyfire44 Miranda (possibly to the Judge): What Daniel did was very wrong your honor, but if you could find it in your heart to overturn your decision of the supervised Saturday visits that would mean a lot to Daniel and our children. Our children need their father and in turn he needs them. Judge: Very well, since Mrs. Hillard feels strongly about the situation of a need for a joint custody arrangement I will allow it. (Bangs gavel.) Daniel: Thank you your honor. Judge: You're welcome. Court adjourned.

I do too

Time really does fly

@@RapFanatic4ever I know right?

The ironic thing is also: Daniel being Mrs. Doubtfire showed that Daniel had it in him to be a proper parent for 14 years.......yet chose to do nothing & sponge off his wife.

Wait a minute.....what?? The letter was written by Daniel's daughter???

I wish that could be. Sadly any idea of a sequel went out the window when Robin passed away.

He died 7 yrs ago.

Ok. Just to set things straight. Yes I know Robin passed 7 coming up on 8 years now. I head he had signed on to to the sequel before he died.

It's a shame that he did. Because a sequel would've been nice. Since it never happened, it's hard to say how it would've been. My speculation is that it would've been a bit worse that this, but not bad.

Perfection perfected once can never be duplicated.

@Alvex Ok She probably didn't figure it out until the end after getting failed attempts for a new housekeeper since the last applicant kept saying "I don't do this, I don't do that, etc." The way how Miranda figured it out when Lydia says she misses Mrs. Doubtfire's spaghetti, Chris misses her jokes, and Natalie misses her stories which means that the kids needed their father more when they were referring to Mrs. Doubtfire since Mrs. Doubtfire is their father.

It took the kids blaming Miranda for keeping Daniel out of their lives that made her realize that she was in the wrong the whole time. Thus, she went back to the judge and successfully convinced him to overturn his decision to allow Daniel joint custody with her. Miranda owned up to her mistake and apologized to him for what she done at the studio. While he took the kids out for the day, she watches a Mrs. Doubtfire reading a letter from Katie involving her parents' divorce. Miranda is touched because she realized that Daniel learned a lot of life lessons and could draw his own experiences from it.

@@ladyfire44 eh. I really feel like they both needed to learn. He learned how to actually *be* a father and not just a "fun dad". And she learned how to *let* him be a father. But that's just my perspective.

Her ego was pushed aside

I agree that the bittersweet ending was great. It ended exactly as it should have. Its ironic though that Daniel always had it in him to be a proper parent, hence his being Mrs. Doubtfire... that was all he had to do to stay happily-married....yet it took nearly the ENTIRE film & even after hearing Miranda say she was happier without him....he STILL tried to thwart her relationship! I'm glad they made peace & he was a kind dad but I would not want Daniel as my husband.

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It's called learning to be better. If we already knew everything, it won't even a need for schools, trades, parents, etc...

Egos got in the way and they both realized that

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That's what breaks my heart 💔 the most. The pain he felt through his laughter. His humor is a medicine for the rest of us. It makes me cry that I never met him. To talk to him and try to help him heal his pain. May he Rest In Peace 🕊️ in the grace that his life and legacy changed the world (my world) for the better. Rest in Peace Sweet Prince may flights of Angels carry thee to thy rest. 🕊️💜

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It really is

I heard she was going through a divorce herself during the filming of this movie, so she was in a very appropriate mindset for her character.

I actually sympathize with her now that I’m older they both needed to grow and she even days in the movie how she didn’t like who she was when she was with Daniel

He got his own show which is successful and made both him and Lundy more money. I bet Tony's watching the Mrs. Doubtfire show and is thinking "Why didn't I listen to his ideas instead of criticizing him?".

@@ladyfire44 That's right. In some ways that it was great that Daniel was called to be invited to "Bridges" as himself and as Mrs. Doubtfire on the same day and time and it was great he was caught being dressed as Mrs. Doubtfire because that helped Mr. Lundy get an idea for a children's show since everyone hated the dinosaur show. Also yes I agree, Tony was probably feeling guilty for the way he talked to Daniel. However, I don't remember Daniel giving Tony ideas on things. The only things I remember was when Daniel first met Tony, Tony sounded very rude and didn't shake his hand and he didn't supervise Daniel well by only saying "take these cans and box and ship them, and then more will come in and then box and ship them" and then he said "any questions" where Daniel said "what do you do after boxing them?" and Tony said with arrogance, "you ship them, lots of luck smart ass" where Daniel said "I made a friend" which meant "he's a rude boss." If I was Daniel, instead of saying "what do you do after boxing them" I would have said "where are the boxes, is there tape to tape them up, and is there an address that have to be shipped too?" because all Tony said was to box and ship them. The only other thing I remember Tony saying to Daniel while Daniel was watching a dinosaur show talking to Mr. Lundy where Tony said "Hillard, get your ass to the truck that shipment has to make a 6:00 flight to Los Angeles." I'm sure it was cutting it close but he didn't have to be rude to Daniel where he could have said "Hillard, you have to quickly load the truck for the shipment and then you can talk to Mr. Lundy." But yes, maybe Tony felt terrible for talking rudely to him after seeing Daniel as a popular actor now.

And he was still super dry and boring

@@mrguy6934 "Hello Mrs. Doubtflier..."

I doubt Daniel would do something like that to Miranda. He's just taking them out for a fun day after school before bringing them back home.

@@ladyfire44 haha I know I'm just joking

Hahaha