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The Birdcage
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Comedy, Romance - 1996
The Birdcage
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A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen partner agree to put up a false heterosexual front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's conservative parents.
Director:
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Mike Nichols
Cast:
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Gene Hackman
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Dianne Wiest
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Robin Williams
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Dan Futterman
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Hank Azaria
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Grant Heslov
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Calista Flockhart
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Nathan Lane

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Details

Runtime:
119 min
Release date:
3 Mar 1996
Country:
US
Languages:
French, English
Budget:
$31,000,000
Revenue:
$185,300,000
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 25 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
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,
Chicago Reader,
29 May 2011
fresh:
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,
Washington Post,
27 May 2011
fresh:
The Birdcage is a scream.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
rotten:
A glossy miscalculation with Nathan Lane and Robin Williams.
– Edward Guthmann,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Jun 2002
fresh:
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.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
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