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The Birdcage
71
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88
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
The film is so boisterously entertaining that it's easy for the unsuspecting viewer not to realize that there's a message here.
80
Newsweek
David Ansen
Newsweek
David Ansen
Everyone will be tickled pink by this sleek Mike Nichols remake.
80
The New York Times
Janet Maslin
The New York Times
Janet Maslin
An American remake with plenty of new pizazz.
80
The New Yorker
The New Yorker
Oddly, the funniest performer here is Gene Hackman, playing an aggressively straight, family-values-spouting politician. Hackman's deadpan inanity is sublimely comic.
80
Washington Post
Hal Hinson
Washington Post
Hal Hinson
One of the loopiest, most hysterical family-values movies ever made.
75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
What makes Mike Nichols' version more than just a retread is good casting in the key roles, and a wicked screenplay by Elaine May.
75
USA Today
Susan Wloszczyna
USA Today
Susan Wloszczyna
Light as a feather. [8 March 1996, p.D1]
70
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
A spirited remake of the French drag farce, has everything in place, from eyeliner to one-liner.
63
San Francisco Examiner
Barbara Shulgasser
San Francisco Examiner
Barbara Shulgasser
While Birdcage has many isolated funny moments, long bits of slowness interrupt the energy.
50
San Francisco Chronicle
Edward Guthmann
San Francisco Chronicle
Edward Guthmann
A glossy miscalculation.
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