La Cage Aux Folles
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Movie Reviews of La Cage Aux Folles
Movie Review: An oldie but a goodie
Summary: 4 Stars
This original French farce is still a great watch, and certainly vastly better than the mangled USA version (entitled The Birdcage). The delightful european humor, the emphasis on character development, and the witty and wry look at the conflict between a harmless gay relationship and a charmless dimwitted fundamentalist family of snobs is highly entertaining.Movie Review: 3 stars out of 4
Summary: 4 Stars
The Bottom Line:
A funny and breezy French comedy, La Cage Aux Folles was more recently remade as The Birdcage and it's the latter I recommend to modern audiences; while the original is a successful film in its own right, the modern American moviewatcher will find more to laugh at in the Mike Nichols remake.
Movie Review: The original and the best
Summary: 4 Stars
If you saw the grotesque parody which was "The Birdcage" with Robin Williams, then watch the original and see how much better it was done the first time.Movie Review: Really so much better...
Summary: 4 Stars
...than 'The Birdcage' that if you came here looking to see if someone would tell you straight...someone just did.Movie Review: Great movie, Substandard Transfer
Summary: 3 Stars
Since others have already expounded on the enduring comic nature of the movie itself, I'll restrict my comments to the DVD. I'd give the movie about 4 stars, but the DVD transfer I would award only 2.Why? The film quality is not only substandard, but on occasion the frame jumps, as if somebody had bumped the telecine during the process. Additionally, the audio is VERY poor, not only varying in loudness, but at times the French audio track is not even synchronized with the lip movements on screen.
This would be worthy of a re-do by Criterion or other reputable production company...please?