The Birdcage gets called the original so often that people forget France got there first, in 1978, with La Cage aux Folles. That mix-up matters, because the earlier film is the funnier and meaner one, and the edges it…
The Birdcage
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Mike Nichols directs a sharp, heartwarming comedy that flips the script on family expectations.
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The Birdcage from 1996 isn't just a great comedy, it's the absolute greatest studio comedy of the nineties and nobody is even close to catching up. The pacing is perfect, the satire cuts deep, there is zero dead weight…
