The Birdcage a Review

The Birdcage By TODD MCCARTHY An MGM/UA release of a United Artists presentation. Produced, directed by Mike Nichols. Executive producers, Neil Machlis, Marcello Danon. Screen lead, Elaine May, based on the stage play "La Cage aux Folles" by Jean Poiret and the script by Francis Veber, Edouard Molinaro, Danon, Poiret. Armand Goldman ... Robin Williams Senator Keeley ... Gene Hackman Albert ... Nathan Lane Louise Keeley ... Dianne Wiest Agador ... Hank Azaria Katharine ... Christine Baranski Val Goldman ... Dan Futterman Barbara Keeley ... Calista Flockhart Harry Radman ... Tom McGowan "The Birdcage" is a scream. It whitethorn not have seemed that the world needed a remaking of "La Cage aux Folles," the 1978 French smash hit that spawned two sequels plus a Broadway musical, but Mike Nichols and Elaine May, in their archetypal official screen collaboration, have scored with a riotous waggery whose irreverent topicality is one of its well-nigh refreshing components. Performed with matchless poise and made with plush professionalism, pic serves up pure pleasance from beginning to end and should draw strongly from all consultation sectors on its way to major B.O.



In its expertly judged esthesis of farce, surprising humanity, success at sustaining a manic high-wire number and sheer self-confidence, the American comedy this new film most resembles is "Tootsie." Perhaps not coincidentally, both deal with men in drag, but while superbly carrying on the "Charley's Aunt" customs duty of elaborate female disguise, they have am playions that run slightly deeper. Although "Tootsie" didn't character her contribution, both also owe quite a bit to May. Perhaps this story of a middle-aged gay lucifer's comic encounter with a self- justeously straight and cautious family would have its place in any era, but it specially feels like a breath of fresh air right now, in an election year when moral issues are be brandished with such pretentious and, no doubt, hypocritical ponderousness. "The... If you want to corroborate a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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