The Birdcage 1996 by AverageMansReviews

The Birdcage 1996 by AverageMansReviews

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Warning/Disclaimer: there will be flashing effects/colourful effects/rainbow community component/transformation/political opinions could cause offence animal cruelty/medical/reference to suicide, racism and underage activity and anything I say about this film that may or may not be questionable, let's just keep in mind that I have seen this film and consequently just talking about in the context of the film itself.

These two very different families are going to be one family sooner: briefly; the groom comes from a very colourful background; a gay father Armand Goldman [Robin Williams:] he owns a drag club: The Birdcage alongside his life partner; Albert Goldman/other characters [Nathan Lane:] this person is a drag act and is definitely the feminine one in his relationship. The bride; comes from a very straight laced family; so much so her father is Senator Kevin Keeley [Gene Hackman:] a highly respected politician, that for a while need to get away from this scandal which by association he now finds himself in, let's hope he doesn't find himself in any more scandals as he is currently up for re-election and is married to Louise Keeley [Dianne Wiest:] the placid one most of the time.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script mainly focuses on a very short time in these characters lives and then again sometime later underneath the closing credits, the framework and pacing of this 117 minutes is good.

Comedy and character developments; Albert spends some time trying to teach his beloved how to be much more masculine, so he can act like an uncle of the family instead of his life partner just for tonight; but as you will see being masculine for Albert at any point being masculine is not easy for him, he can just about pull off a John Wayne walk, being feminine is for Albert comes very natural as a duck to water; which as you will see is a good thing as on this night where everything could go wrong, does go wrong and for my parts Albert/another character just about holds things together.

Art, character developments and performances; the art; costumes and accessories are immaculate they have done a fantastic job capturing the drag incredibly high standards of outfits and accessories and everything else really, broadly speaking the character developments and performances are either somewhat flamboyant, in the middle as in understanding or rigid to an old way of thinking; but then again if you don't have all three of these different perspectives this film wouldn't work, with excellent performances from the heart of this cast to bring this incredibly crucial moment in two people's with the right amount of warmth, love, catastrophe, comedic chaos, rigidness and a certain element of disbelief and coldness.

This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment; for it is still relatively modern approach to; parents still wanting to do the best for their child even though the parents are the same sex, I went to go and see this film on its 30th anniversary with the person I watch some of this content with at the cinema and yes this film does have an ongoing sequence underneath some of the closing credits. This film also has some awards accredited to its name such as 7 Winners; which includes but not limited to Actor Awards 1997 Actor Outstanding Performance by a Cast Robin Williams Gene Hackman Nathan Lane Dianne Wiest Hank Azaria Christine Baranski Dan Futterman and 25 Nominees would also include but not limited to; Academy Awards, USA 1997 Oscar Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Bo Welch Cheryl Carasik