The Birdcage Reviews
April 9, 2005
Birdcage does a remarkably good job of delivering a movie that puts its own decided spin on the tale.
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| Original Score: B+
November 14, 2004
Original Score: 4/5
January 18, 2004
Original Score: 3/5
January 13, 2004
[Not] nearly as funny as it has been made out to be.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
June 2, 2003
Original Score: 3/5
May 14, 2003
Original Score: 2.5/4
May 9, 2003
Original Score: 4/10
April 14, 2003
Pretty funny comedy from the days when Williams didn't feel he had to be either A. TOTALLY CHARMING or B. ABSOLUTELY EVIL.
Original Score: 3/5
April 4, 2003
Original Score: 4/5
February 17, 2003
Original Score: 3/5
January 21, 2003
Original Score: 4/5
January 7, 2003
Original Score: 2/5
October 18, 2002
It is not the Broadway classic, but it's ok. Just for fun.
Original Score: 3/5
July 26, 2002
Broad and fairly belabored, but Williams' ceaseless energy, Hackman's dry wit, and Azaria's insanity save the day.
Original Score: 3.5/5
June 18, 2002
A glossy miscalculation with Nathan Lane and Robin Williams.
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| Original Score: 2/4
June 5, 2002
This feel-good family comedy with a twist is based on the 1978 French film La Cage aux Folles.
January 1, 2000
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.
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| Original Score: 3/4
January 1, 2000
It's a rare event when a remake of a film rivals the greatness of the original.
Original Score: 4/5
January 1, 2000
One of those rare motion pictures with side-splitting laughs where the humor never stays dormant for long.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
January 1, 2000
Basically, the movie's an extended setup for a dinner-table comedy of errors, in which the mismatched relatives confront one another in a nerve-racking test of appearances.