| Just Like a Woman | |
| Director: | Christopher Monger |
| Producer: | Nicholas Evans |
| Starring: | Julie Walters Adrian Pasdar Paul Freeman |
| Music: | Michael Storey |
| Cinematography: | Alan Hume |
| Editing: | Nicolas Gaster |
| Studio: | Rank Organisation Zenith Entertainment |
| Distributor: | The Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| Runtime: | 106 minutes[1] |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Gross: | £0.3 million [2] |
Just Like a Woman is a 1992 British comedy-drama film directed by Christopher Monger, and starring Julie Walters, Adrian Pasdar and Paul Freeman. The screenplay by Nicholas Evans is based on the 1985 novel Geraldine, For the Love of a Transvestite by Monica Jay. One of few "cross-dressing" films in which the hero is actually a transvestite, therefore having pure intentions, unlike Some Like It Hot, Tootsie, Mrs. Doubtfire and others in which the cross-dresser has an ulterior motive, the film was a modest commercial and critical success.
Gerald Tilson, a finance executive, finds himself thrown out by his wife when she discovers women's underwear in their flat; in fact the clothes belong to him. He takes lodgings with Monica, who gradually discovers his alter ego, "Geraldine". A subplot deals with his boss' plan to defraud their Japanese clients, and how the couple thwart it.
The film's title is taken from the song "Just Like a Woman" by Bob Dylan.