1996 · farce · remake · family
The Birdcage
Directed by Mike Nichols1h 59m1996
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen partner agree to put up a false heterosexual front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's conservative parents.
Our read: The Birdcage (1996) reads as a cosy, breathless, grounded farce · remake · family entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, measured farce / remake, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- warm
- brisk
- redemptive
- funny
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