The Birdcage (1996) Critic Reviews

Enchantingly witty.Read the full review

Performed with matchless aplomb and made with plush professionalism, pic serves up pure pleasure from beginning to end.Read the full review

The film is so boisterously entertaining that it's easy for the unsuspecting viewer not to realize that there's a message here.Read the full review

One of the loopiest, most hysterical family-values movies ever made.Read the full review

An American remake with plenty of new pizazz.Read the full review

What makes Mike Nichols' version more than just a retread is good casting in the key roles, and a wicked screenplay by Elaine May.Read the full review

Light as a feather. [8 March 1996, p.D1]Read the full review

A spirited remake of the French drag farce, has everything in place, from eyeliner to one-liner.Read the full review

Not without its funny moments, much of Birdcage seems pro forma and predictable. What felt original in 1978 is no longer half so inspired.Read the full review