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  • 1979
  • R
  • United Artists
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 1979
  • R
  • United Artists
  • 1 h 37 m

Summary The manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and his star attraction, are a gay couple. Madness ensues when his straight son brings home a fiancée and her ultra-conservative parents to meet them.

Directed By: Édouard Molinaro

Written By: Jean Poiret, Francis Veber, Marcello Danon, Édouard Molinaro

  • 1979
  • R
  • United Artists
  • 1 h 37 m
  • 1979
  • R
  • United Artists
  • 1 h 37 m

La Cage aux Folles

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Summary The manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and his star attraction, are a gay couple. Madness ensues when his straight son brings home a fiancée and her ultra-conservative parents to meet them.

Directed By: Édouard Molinaro

Written By: Jean Poiret, Francis Veber, Marcello Danon, Édouard Molinaro

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
61
55% Positive
6 Reviews
45% Mixed
5 Reviews
0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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55% Positive
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45% Mixed
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0% Negative
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88
The fabulous 1970s fashions don’t hold up too well, but what still resonates is the movie’s empathetic attention to what it’s like if your sexual identity doesn’t neatly fit into traditional norms.
By Josh Larsen FULL REVIEW
83
Like many of the best farces, from The Importance of Being Earnest to Cactus Flower, it draws its humor from characters pretending to be something they’re not.
By Keith Staskiewicz FULL REVIEW
80
Later remade as The Bird Cage, this first adaptation of Jean Poiret’s play is as moving as it is hilarious in its depiction of moral hypocrisy and familial love.
By Christopher Machell FULL REVIEW
75
Though its politics are still quite progressive, La Cage aux Folles is ultimately a work of classicism, crafted with precision and efficiently paced.
By Chris Cabin FULL REVIEW
60
Without challenging viewers’ notions of how gay men behave, the film shamed its homophobic characters while showing a loving family headed by longtime same-sex partners who are embraced by their community—boas, makeup, and all. Albin and Renato were onto something. It was the rest of the world’s job to catch up.
By Keith Phipps FULL REVIEW
50
It’s funny in a coarse, obvious way, and it probably would have been a laugh riot had director Edouard Molinaro possessed even an elementary sense of timing. Still, it’s not very honorable: this is one of those sitcoms, like The Jeffersons, that “explain” a minority to middle-class audiences by making their members cute, cuddly, and harmlessly eccentric.
By Dave Kehr FULL REVIEW
40
La Cage aux Folles is naughty in the way of comedies that pretend to be sophisticated but actually serve to reinforce the most popular conventions and most witless stereotypes.
By Vincent Canby FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Da.Ma. Cinematografica, Les Productions Artistes Associés
Release Date May 13, 1979
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating R
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Tagline The comedy that comes out of the closet!
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Awards

Academy Awards, USA
• 3 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
National Board of Review, USA
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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