Review of La Cage aux Folles (1978) by Julia L — 09 Jul 2008

If two television sets were set right next to each other in a room and both "La Cage Aux Folles" and "The Birdcage" were played opposite of each other, if you decide to pay attention to the American version with Robin Williams and Nathan Lane, you might go through more laughs than in the French version.

I felt the humor in "La Cage Aux Folles" was a little bit more dull and unnoticeable unlike its American counterpart, even though the two are 90% identical. Nonetheless, "La Cage Aux Folles" still had me laughing and wanting to see what came next, even though I pretty much knew what was going to happen.

Ugo Tognazzi gives a very more calm look at Robin William's extacticly-played role. Nathan Lane, though, took a lot from what Michel Serrault did with Albin (Albert for Lane), with Serrault being a very energetic, over-the-top drama.

..king? I'm not too sure. I wonder now if maybe if I had seen the French version of "The Birdcage" before I saw its remake, my rating for the film would have been higher than the American version.

Maybe it would have been lower. Considering that none of these factors came into play, I can say that each version were both likable pieces in cinematic history, not even looking at which version I preferred out of the two.