The Birdcage Poster

The Birdcage (1996)

R 03/08/1996 Comedy 1h 59m
70%
User
Score
7.2/10
84%
71/100

Come as you are.

Overview

Middle-aged gay life partners, Armand Goldman, a Jewish drag club owner, and Albert, the club's flamboyant star attraction, live in the eclectic community of South Beach and have raised a straight son. Now, their newly engaged son, 20-year-old Val, wants to bring his fiancée, Barbara, and her ultraconservative parents home to meet his family for the first time. By Val's request, Armand pretends to be straight, not Jewish and attempts to hide his relationship with Albert, in order to please Barbara's father, controversial right-wing Republican Sen. Kevin Keeley.

Mike Nichols

Director

Elaine May

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Robin Williams

Robin Williams

Armand Goldman

Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman

Senator Kevin Keeley

Nathan Lane

Nathan Lane

Albert

Dianne Wiest

Dianne Wiest

Louise Keeley

Dan Futterman

Dan Futterman

Val Goldman

Calista Flockhart

Calista Flockhart

Barbara Keeley

Hank Azaria

Hank Azaria

Agador

Christine Baranski

Christine Baranski

Katharine Archer

Tom McGowan

Tom McGowan

Harry Radman

Full Cast & Crew →

Media

Best of Armand & Albert

Best of Armand & Albert

How to Act Like a Man

How to Act Like a Man

Telling the Parents

Telling the Parents

Albert's Backstage Breakdown Scene

Albert's Backstage Breakdown Scene

Original vs. Remake

Original vs. Remake

Dance Rehearsal Scene

Dance Rehearsal Scene

Trailer

Trailer

'Family Dinner' Full Scene

'Family Dinner' Full Scene

Original Trailer

Original Trailer

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on January 14, 2024

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 "Albert" (Nathan Lane) to announce he is to wed. Thing is, he is going to marry the daughter of the rather puritanical senator "Keeley" (Gene Hackman) and so they are going to have to play happy, heterosexual, families when the prospective in-laws come to visit. "Armand" manages his disappointment rather better than his lover who, inclined to the histrionic at the best of times, takes it as all as a personal slight and a mega-strop ensues. Meantime, the worthy senator gets some shocking news of his o...

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