The Birdcage
According to the bad secret they hide, Armanda Goldman, who claims that he is a very rich man and in fact, he only owns a popular nightclub in Miami Beach, who has an affair with Starina, struggle upon knowing his son's engagement with the daughter of a well-known senator, the thing that brings terrible for him.
31 October 1970, Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
26 July 1959, Belmar, New Jersey, USA
29 July 1950, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
30 December 1975, San Miguel de Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina
6 September 1969, The Bronx, New York, USA
1 June 1955, Berea, Kentucky, USA
30 January 1930, San Bernardino, California, USA
6 July 1953, Roslyn, New York, USA
May 24, 1973 in Miami, Florida, USA
11 November 1964, Freeport, Illinois, USA
15 May 1963, Los Angeles, California, USA
4 October 1932, Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
17 October 1969, Hollywood, California, USA
October 28, 1967 in San Salvador, El Salvador
July 24, 1975 in West Covina, California, USA
25 April 1964, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
14 October 1962, Detroit, Michigan, USA
19 January 1931, New York, USA
17 June 1947
July 16, 2014
Robin Williams plays off of a flaming Nathan Lane with delicious understatement and anchors a farce that moves along at a brisk pace-with or without heels.
May 27, 2011
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.
January 01, 2000
What makes Mike Nichols' version more than just a retread is good casting in the key roles, and a wicked screenplay by Elaine May, who keeps the original story but adds little zingers here and there.
June 13, 2014
At its core, it is about human relationships. They're extreme relationships, and they're cross-wired to get an electric reaction, but they're real characters nonetheless.
August 24, 2014
The Birdcage grossed nearly $200 million worldwide in 1996, and that is significant. Box Office Mojo says it's the highest grossing queer film of all time, though they're not counting Frozen and 300, and they probably should.
May 29, 2011
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.
March 26, 2009
The Birdcage is a scream.
August 19, 2014
Campy, comedic romp with lots of profanity.
May 29, 2011
It undoubtedly remains a genial crowd pleaser. If the dress fits, wear it.
June 18, 2002
A glossy miscalculation with Nathan Lane and Robin Williams.
May 29, 2011
What might be a surprise, given the talents involved, is how relentlessly unfunny it is.
June 24, 2006
It doesn't so much champion diversity as celebrate conformity.
