The Birdcage (1996)

	Directed by: Mike Nichols	COUNTRY USA Genre Comedy NORWEGIAN TITLE Lånte fjær RUNNING TIME 115 minutes
	Produced by: Mike Nichols
	Written by: Elaine May

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Armand Goldman	Robin Williams
Senator Keeley	Gene Hackman	½
Albert	Nathan Lane	½
Louise Keeley	Dianne Wiest
Val Goldman	Dan Futterman
Barbara Keeley	Calista Flockhart	½
Agador	Hank Azaria	½
Katharine	Christine Baranski	½

Review

Mike Nichols' The Birdcage is among the most pleasant surprises this year. It's a seemingly lightweight, quirky comedy where the queer meet the bourgeois, and where customs and conventions clash with themselves. Nichols has a message here, arguably an important one, but he's not afraid of messing about with it, even obscuring it. This is playful, humorous, and clever work from Nichols and screenwriter Elaine May, who work together for the first time in 30 years. And they populate their film with an abundance of talent in front of the camera, with Nathan Lane and Gene Hackman standing out.