A shameless rip-off of 1982 cross-dressing comedy TOOTSIE, which starred Dustin Hoffman as an out-of-work actor who achieves overnight success as an actress. Writer Bradley Allenstein changes the milieu from TV soap opera to professional basketball, but otherwise he duplicates just about every character and plot point from the classic original; in fact, if his script resembled TOOTSIE's even a little bit more closely it wouldn't be derivative — it would be actionable. And now the good news: on its own staggeringly unoriginal terms, this gender-bending comedy is generally quite funny, in substantial part because of the brilliant title performance by Miguel A. Nun...
Released:
2001
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
88 mins