Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) review

Sick of the antics of her unemployed and irresponsible husband Daniel (Robin Williams), San Francisco-based designer Miranda (Sally Field) files for divorce and is awarded full custody, but the prospect of rarely seeing his three children Chris (Matthew Lawrence), Lydia (Lisa Jakub) and Natalie (Mara Wilson) is too much for Daniel to bear so, with the assistance of his make-up artist brother Frank (Harvey Fierstein), he applies to be Miranda's new nanny using the name Mrs. Doubtfire just to spend more time around them.  The biggest obstacle here is trying to get past the fact that no one seems to recognize Robin in his "costume" - surely his ex-wife and kids were already aware he's an expert at doing voices and a sibling of his is a wizard at prosthetics - but if you can accept that it's an opportunity to relish Williams' gift at physical comedy as he attempts to sabotage Miranda's blossoming relationship with Stu Dunmeyer (Pierce Brosnan) and, during an exceptional restaurant scene, (a.) has to juggle having dinner with his family while (b.) taking part in an interview with a TV producer (Robert Prosky).  The ending, too, has the audacity to be bittersweet: romantic relationships may crumble apart and become unfixable, but the love of your offspring should last forever.