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  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    August 1, 2008
    Stereotypes abound here, but both Nathan Lane and Robin Williams are at their best when they're completely over the top. It flirts between slapstick and awkward comedy and the balance is perfect. Added with a great supporting cast of charactar actors, it'd be a wonder if you were able to sit through this without laughing out loud once...
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 31, 2008
    The American remake of the Frnech story of a wedding, a gay Dad, and his soon to marry straight Son. Not nearly as funny as the first. Hollywood version of the French film misses something in translation.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 27, 2008
    Hilarious! "My guatamaliynesss"
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  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    July 23, 2008
    This is a pretty damn funny movie, but a little dangerous in that it courts all sorts of gay stereotypes without even attempting to break the mold. I think viewers who are LGBT-savvy will probably laugh more at it than with it for its relative ignorance - Nathan Lane plays gay so over-the-top that the returns diminish very quickly and the whole thing starts to get sort of awkward.

    My diversity in film teacher made some interesting observations about how safe The Birdcage is for a large portion of the movie-going public. It compartmentalizes the gays and the straights, no homosexual affection is really depicted short of handholding and quick kisses, and it offers up a Guess Who's Coming to Dinner-style ending where the relief of tensions seems superficial at best. Not much is learned here by either party. And the son is a real douche.

    Anyway, I guess this is a funny comedy if you can bring yourself to look at this one tiny, often-lampooned aspect of gay life for an hour and a half.
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    MCT:
    July 8, 2008
    It was wicked funny but a little weird because it was about gays and drag queens. Robin Williams was one of the main characters and was hilarious!
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    June 18, 2008
    one of the greater movies with robin!!
    i luv the part hank laughs at nathan dressed as the mother! funny stuff!
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    June 7, 2008
    I've seen it twice and always makes me laugh. Ok, it has a lot of stereotypes but that's probably the point. Oh, Nathan Lane, my lady! ;D
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    June 5, 2008
    Ahaha! Nathan Lane and Robin Williams did an excellent job and I really really believed and loved them both! Great story.. I'd watch it again if I could find the damn CD :(
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    May 17, 2008
    wow ive seen bits n pieces of this movie n i really loved this movie...this is really enjoyable 2 watch..the whole cast n crew throughout this movie all play really good parts throughout the movie..this is 1 of robin williams best movies he has ever made...this is a really funny movie...the whole cast is really good throughout this movie..this is a great comedy movie 2 watch because its really funny all the way throughout
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    March 27, 2008
    i like the people in the film who play in it. i like the fact that robbin willams and nathan lane play a gay person
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    March 12, 2008
    Such a hilarious storyline and i thought Robin Williams was such a great homosexual in this. So was his "spouse"
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    February 20, 2008
    How can you not laugh at this movie. EVERYONE in this does such a great job. Agador Spartacus rocks lol! Gene Hackman in drag does not.
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    February 6, 2008
    i don't care who you are... if you don't laugh at nathal lane's outbursts, your heart is black... black like something that's black.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    February 3, 2008
    I think this movie is really funnny...it's kinda old and theres a lot of swearing, but it's worth it.
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    January 28, 2008
    um dos meus primeiros contatos com o mundo dos gays engraçados, chiques e libertários... praticamente cachorrinhos de estimação. mas, ok, o filme é engraçado... MUITO engraçado.
  • 4.5 Stars
    MCT:
    January 12, 2008
    I've probably seen this movie about a hundred times, and I still laugh just as hard as I did the first time I watched it. Nathan Lane has never been funnier, but it's Hank Azaria that really steals the show.
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    January 8, 2008
    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 right-wing moralistic parents.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    January 7, 2008
    over-the-top and hilarious. absolutely perfect casting. witty, intelligent, chaotic, and just the right amount of obnoxious. certainly not a favorite of mine, but it's definitely entertaining.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    November 17, 2007
    Highly hilarious. It even contains the sutle postures that modern movies lack. However, due to the uncomfortably of the theme, I take half a mark off and thus it gets what Im giving it.
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    November 6, 2007
    5/5 stars for Nathan Lane's performance! 4/5 stars for the excellent chemistry between Robin Williams and Nathan. I would even give Hank Azaria a big thumbs up for his performance as Agador. Unfortunately, their performances alone weren't enough to save the movie from sinking towards the 2nd half of the movie, when the whole premise became too draggy.

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  • cokie582
    This is one of my favorite movies of all time. Nathan Lane is AWESOME in this movie. It is just one of those very funny movies that is a classic now.
    posted 38 days ago
  • vegasfirebird96
    I thought this was a great movie, even though Robin Williams' character is gay. But if you can put aside the "gay bashing" stereotyping, you'll actually enjoy this movie with laughs that make you need stitches later.
    posted 465 days ago
  • AbsintheDreams
    This movie was halarious!!!! Nathan Lane is great in it. so is the Maid with all of his half cut t-shirts and non existent shoes! good movie
    posted 710 days ago

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  • Rated: (R)
  • Directed by: Mike Nichols
  • Genres: Comedy
  • Released: March 6, 1996
  • DVD Released: March 25, 1997

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