Amazon.com Essentials:
The great improvisational comedy team of Mike Nichols and
Elaine May reunited to (respectively) direct and write this update of
the French comedy La Cage Aux Folles. Robin Williams stars as a
gay Miami nightclub owner who is forced to play it straight and ask
his drag-queen partner (Nathan Lane) to hide out when Williams's son
invites his prospective--and highly conservative--in-laws and
fiancée to a meet-and-greet dinner party. Gene Hackman and
Dianne Wiest play the straight-laced senator and his wife, and Calista
Flockhart (from television's Ally McBeal) plays their daughter
in a culture-clash with outrageous consequences. May's witty
screenplay incorporates some pointed observations about the political
landscape of the 1990s and takes a sensitive approach to the comedy's
underlying drama. Topping off the action is Hank Azaria in a
scene-stealing role as Williams's and Lane's flamboyant housekeeper,
"Agador Spartacus." --Jeff Shannon
Amazon.com Essentials:
The great improvisational comedy team of Mike Nichols and
Elaine May reunited to (respectively) direct and write this update of
the French comedy La Cage Aux Folles. Robin Williams stars as a
gay Miami nightclub owner who is forced to play it straight and ask
his drag-queen partner (Nathan Lane) to hide out when Williams's son
invites his prospective--and highly conservative--in-laws and
fiancée to a meet-and-greet dinner party. Gene Hackman and
Dianne Wiest play the straight-laced senator and his wife, and Calista
Flockhart (from television's Ally McBeal) plays their daughter
in a culture-clash with outrageous consequences. May's witty
screenplay incorporates some pointed observations about the political
landscape of the 1990s and takes a sensitive approach to the comedy's
underlying drama. Topping off the action is Hank Azaria in a
scene-stealing role as Williams's and Lane's flamboyant housekeeper,
"Agador Spartacus." --Jeff Shannon
