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Birdcage, The (1996)
117 min – Comedy | Drama | Music
Overall Rating
2.886
Average Critic Score
2.776
2,279 of 192,059 Movie All Time
409 of 24,696 1990s
44 of 5,228 1996
446 of 37,061 Comedy All Time
1,145 of 38,950 Drama All Time
59 of 1,707 Music All Time
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Mike Nichols remakes "La Cage Aux Folles." The comedy features a flamboyant gay couple (Williams and Lane) who attempt to "play it straight" for their son's prospective in-laws.



ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

Mike Nichols, the director of such well-received films as The Graduate and Working Girl, has taken the outrageous 1978 French farce, La Cage aux Folles, and, by tweaking, updating, and Americanizing it, come up with a huge winner. The Birdcage, as it's ca ...read the complete Birdcage, The review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

It's a rare event when a remake of a film rivals the greatness of the original. The Birdcage, based fairly closely on La Cage aux Folles, achieves just that, memorably updating the earlier film's script with modern humor and a distinctly American setting. ...read the complete Birdcage, The review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)


Great by Susan Clark

was bought as a gift for a friend, don't know of the condition but I received it quickly. read more »

An Entertaining Remake of La Cage Aux Folles by Paige Turner "Film Fanatic"

This is one movie that did translate well from the European original to an Americanized version. Nathan Lane and Robin Williams do a great job as... read more »

If You Want to Laugh Till You Cry by Dr. Jane Branam "powerpathtolove"

This is one of the funniest movies ever. You will have side splitting laughter. Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Calista Flockhart, Gene Hackman,... read more »