The Birdcage
March 1996
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Jonathan Rosenbaum
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.
Hal Hinson
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.
Todd McCarthy
The Birdcage is a scream.
It doesn't so much champion diversity as celebrate conformity.
Edward Guthmann
A glossy miscalculation with Nathan Lane and Robin Williams.
Desson Thomson
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.
Critic reviews
Jonathan Rosenbaum
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.
Hal Hinson
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.
Desson Thomson
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.
James Berardinelli
One of those rare motion pictures with side-splitting laughs where the humor never stays dormant for long.
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Cast and credits
Actors | Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest |
Producers | Michele Imperato, Neil Machlis, Marcello Danon, Mike Nichols |
Director | Mike Nichols |
Writers | Elaine May |
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Run time
118 minutes
Rating
R
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