The Birdcage (1996)

The Birdcage rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.2/10· 110K votes

Rotten Tomatoes84%

Metacritic71%

TMDb7.1/10· 1K votes

With 84% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.2/10 on IMDb and 71/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About The Birdcage

A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen partner agree to put up a false heterosexual front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's conservative parents.

Cast of The Birdcage

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  Robin Williams

  as Armand Goldman

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  Gene Hackman

  as Senator Kevin Keeley

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  Nathan Lane

  as Albert

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  Dianne Wiest

  as Louise Keeley

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  Dan Futterman

  as Val Goldman

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  Calista Flockhart

  as Barbara Keeley

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  Hank Azaria

  as Agador

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  Christine Baranski

  as Katharine Archer

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  Tom McGowan

  as Harry Radman

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  Grant Heslov

  as Photographer - National Enquirer

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  Kirby Mitchell

  as Chauffeur

• J

  James Lally

  as Stage Manager

The Birdcage facts

Budget

$31M

Box office

$185.3M