A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancé's conservative moralistic parents.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 25 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
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
rotten:
A glossy miscalculation with Nathan Lane and Robin Williams.
– Edward Guthmann,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Jun 2002
fresh:
The Birdcage is a scream.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
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:
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.