To think the mum in Mrs Doubtfire was the victim of a prick manchild ex?

[KarenNotAKaren]

Watching Mrs Doubtfire. Haven’t watched this is years, it’s such a favourite! As a child I remember thinking how mean Sally Field’s character is, and how cool Robin Williams is.

As a mother, I now have 100% changed my mind.

Williams’s character is a pathetic man child who can’t hold down a job. I’d have had it off with Pierce Brosnan too and probably would have done everything in my power to keep custody while Disney Dad, who can’t even keep a clean house until he ‘becomes a woman’, tells inappropriate jokes.

@peakygold the film wasn't made by Disney and it's 30 years old.
It was more a bloke dressed as a woman in a "pantomime dame isn't this funny" era rather than a "lifestyle" thing.

Exactly. There's no element of selflessness in Daniel. Yes he loves his kids, but only in the way that he wants to love them e.g. playing around with them like a kid himself. He only wants to be the fun, Disney Dad with them.

If he truly loved them, more than he loved himself, then he would have self sacrificed his Peter Pan persona and become a real adult, got a regular job, financially supported his family etc.

Loved it