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In this episode of In Search of the Crystal Skull, Patricia and Arun discuss about the 1993 comedy Mrs. Doubtfire based on the book of the same name by Anne Fine starring Robin Williams, Sally Field, Pierce Brosnan, Harvey Fierstein, Robert Prosky, Matthew Lawrence, Lisa Jakub, and Mara Wilson. The story is about a failing voice actor named Daniel Hilliard who had lost his job and throws a birthday party for his son behind his wife Miranda\'s back. It ends up with them getting a divorce and Daniel only allowing to see his kids once a week. Wanting to see them more often, he asks his brother, a makeup artist, to help disguise him as a old British house nanny named Mrs. Doubtfire. Meanwhile, an old flame of Miranda named Stuart Dunmire returns to her life and tries to reconnect again.   

When the movie premiered, it became a massive success making over $441 million dollars out of a $25 million dollar budget receiving decent reviews from critics. Roger Ebert claimed that it was similar to Tootsie, but nowhere near as clever or as realistic. It currently has a 71% rating on Rotten Tomatoes despite a lot of people loving it. What do Arun and Patricia think of the movie? Does it hold up over 25 years later? Listen and find out.