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Mike Nichols wrangles agreeably amusing performances from Robin Williams and Nathan Lane in this fun, if not quite essential, remake of the French comedy La Cage aux Folles.
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This isn't the supreme masterpiece it might have been, but Nichols's direction is very polished and some of the lines and details are awfully funny. May 29, 2011 | Full Review…
This isn't the supreme masterpiece it might have been, but Nichols's direction is very polished and some of the lines and details are awfully funny.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
If The Birdcage isn't exactly the Mike Nichols-Elaine May movie of our dreams, it does manage to transform what was formerly a campy bit of French fluff into one of the loopiest, most hysterical family-values movies ever made. May 27, 2011 | Full Review…
If The Birdcage isn't exactly the Mike Nichols-Elaine May movie of our dreams, it does manage to transform what was formerly a campy bit of French fluff into one of the loopiest, most hysterical family-values movies ever made.
Hal Hinson
The Birdcage is a scream. March 26, 2009
The Birdcage is a scream.
Todd McCarthy
It doesn't so much champion diversity as celebrate conformity. June 24, 2006 | Full Review…
It doesn't so much champion diversity as celebrate conformity.
A glossy miscalculation with Nathan Lane and Robin Williams. June 18, 2002 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
A glossy miscalculation with Nathan Lane and Robin Williams.
Edward Guthmann
What makes Mike Nichols' version more than just a retread is good casting in the key roles, and a wicked screenplay by Elaine May, who keeps the original story but adds little zingers here and there. January 1, 2000 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
What makes Mike Nichols' version more than just a retread is good casting in the key roles, and a wicked screenplay by Elaine May, who keeps the original story but adds little zingers here and there.
Roger Ebert
The dialogue is sensational, the cast is perfect, the directing is sharp (by celebrated filmmaker Mike Nichols), the music is snazzy, and the film concludes quite cleverly. September 10, 2020 | Rating: 9/10 | Full Review…
The dialogue is sensational, the cast is perfect, the directing is sharp (by celebrated filmmaker Mike Nichols), the music is snazzy, and the film concludes quite cleverly.
Mike Massie
While the film occasionally drifts into stereotypes, they are typically rather harmless and Williams and Lane play off of each other perfectly. September 3, 2020 | Rating: 3.0/4.0 | Full Review…
While the film occasionally drifts into stereotypes, they are typically rather harmless and Williams and Lane play off of each other perfectly.
Richard Propes
If you haven't seen Birdcage, check it out on video, or better yet, get gussied up and see it in a theater. Either way, realize and appreciate the very symbolic general public acceptance of the transgender phenomenon (and YOU) this film represents. May 20, 2020 | Full Review…
If you haven't seen Birdcage, check it out on video, or better yet, get gussied up and see it in a theater. Either way, realize and appreciate the very symbolic general public acceptance of the transgender phenomenon (and YOU) this film represents.
Allyson Ann Allante
The Birdcage is a little film with knee-slapping scenes coupled with thoughtfully acute moments as well. September 8, 2017 | Full Review…
The Birdcage is a little film with knee-slapping scenes coupled with thoughtfully acute moments as well.
Candice Frederick
The Birdcage grossed nearly $200 million worldwide in 1996, and that is significant. Box Office Mojo says it's the highest grossing queer film of all time, though they're not counting Frozen and 300, and they probably should. August 24, 2014 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
The Birdcage grossed nearly $200 million worldwide in 1996, and that is significant. Box Office Mojo says it's the highest grossing queer film of all time, though they're not counting Frozen and 300, and they probably should.
Simon Miraudo
Campy, comedic romp with lots of profanity. August 19, 2014 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Campy, comedic romp with lots of profanity.
Andrea Beach
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