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The Birdcage

The Birdcage

7.1/ 10

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1996

Release Year

119 min

Runtime

Comedy

Overview

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.

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Keywords

coming out
florida
homophobia
drag queen
nightclub
senator
politician
based on play or musical
remake
conservative
cross dressing
gay parent
lgbt
political conflict
south beach
playing straight
drag club

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Reviews(2)

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

January 14, 2024

7
7/10

I remember thinking that Dan Futterman was quite attractive in this film as the young "Val", but boy does his turn out to be one of the most selfish and thoughtless of characters! He turns up at the eponymous nightclub run by his father "Armand" (Robin Williams) and his consort of twenty years "Albe

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badelf

February 1, 2026

10
10/10

The Birdcage (1996) (rewatch) Directed by Mike Nichols Mike Nichols' The Birdcage is the American remake of La Cage aux Folles, with Robin Williams and Nathan Lane as a gay couple running a drag club in South Beach. When Williams' son brings home his fiancée whose parents happen to be ultra-co

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