This is a really good movie about tolerance that's most valuable for the boundaries that it pushed. In places absolutely hilarious and in other places very touching, this is a slow-mover which loses most of its points for its use of drag near the end - it's just way too obvious that Albin will dress up like Laurent's mother, and that classically French comedic chaos will ensue. Still, one that's well worth watching, Michel Serrault's performance as three characters is outstanding.
The origina l French masterpiece of a wedding, a gay man, and his son's attempt to hide his dad's gendder bending issues, because the son is getting married to a woman he loves.
Hilarious story of gay men, one being a transsexual, who must put their lives on hold and dawn a facade of being a typical family for their son's young fiance and her ultra-conservative family. Hysterical from beginning to end!
Although my theater professor would argue that this is the better, I love the American version best. Probably because of Williams and Lane, but this isn't bad.
I was a little disappointed by the quality fo this production in comparision to the musical that hit Broadway. If you want a musical, this is not the movie for you...but this movie does showcase a moving story nonetheless. This is worth seeing once, but that's about ti in my book...
Its amazing how similar and yet how really different this and the birdcage ( which was based on this) can be. This funny for different reasons then the birdcage is and yet the birdcage lifts whole scene and gets different laughs.
Hilarious french origianl copy of 'The Birdcage' is much better than its english remake. Everything is better the first time around, subtitles notwithstanding.
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