This is not a show for everybody but if nothing in the description offends you, it is a must see show.Birdcage has great eye candy, a fabulous cast, some fun tunes AND they smear the funny on thick.It's a comedy, there's not much else to it. If you're looking for something other than a gorgeous Flockhart and side-splitting laughter, uhm ... I don't know, shut-up and watch it anyway.I can watch this yearly.

Armand and Albert live the perfect happy life. They have it all, success from the nightclub they own, and love for Armand's son since childhood. They raised him, and he's happy, but now wants to get married to a young lady. Armand and Albert are shocked that the young boy wants to get married at age twenty, but he is determined, regardless of opinions. If that isn't enough stress to worry about, the young bride-to-be lies to her father, a senator who is not happy about a recent death and scandal of his co-worker. She lies to her parents about her future in-laws, and everyone lies for Armand's son, so that they can get married. However, things get very messy, and the more chaos that happens, the more you laugh through this comedy. Robin Williams is hilarious, and so is Nathan Lane. Gene Hackman can be as funny as he can be serious, and Dianne Wiest is an absolute riot. This is a very funny movie that I've watched over-and-over. Entertaining from beginning to end. Highly recommended!

If it weren't for the fact this movie has as its world a gay nightclub and gay men, it could have starred Cary Grant and been one of those wacky comedies of the forties. This is absolutely a hoot. To start with, you have Robin Williams and Nathan Lane, two of the most amazing, on their feet comedians ever. Throw in the plot of "if we could pull this off for one night," and everything else is up for grabs. The dialogue is excellent with all its double entendres and dramatic irony. We have the Senator, thoroughly enjoying himself, without realizing he is flirting with a man, and everything else relating to that. Of course, there is constant backtracking and improvisation. You have to laugh.

The Birdcage is a fantastic movie with a really well written storyline and an outstanding comedic cast. It's a really refreshing and unique comedy, there really isn't any other film quite like it, it's very driven by the characters, more so than the story itself, which I really liked, a lot of their dialogue had absolutely nothing to do with developing the story and to keep it moving, and these parts are certainly my favourite. It's runtime was a bit unnecessary, for a film as goofy and flamboyant as this, I think a ninety minute run is really as long as it needs to be, it's not that I didn't enjoy the two hours, I just felt it didn't need to be that long. The cast is superb and all suit their characters perfectly, Robin Williams and Nathan Lane certainly have the best scenes together, improvising the majority of their lines, I also thought Hank Azaria was outstanding as Agador, and seeing Gene Hackman play such a serious role in a goofy film was very funny. Packed with non stop laughs and superb comedic performances, I would recommend the Birdcage to anyone looking for a good comedy. A man makes his gay parents pretend to be a husband and wife as he plans to marry a woman with political parents. Best Performance: Robin Williams