what make this movie so wonderful be how good a job robin williams and nathan lane do a portray loving and dedicated parent . aside from the amazing soundtrack and the fun antic and it be their sheer goodness a human being that stay in your head for a long time . a fun thing to do be compare this movie to la cage aux folles and see how different character be interpret differently . the son in the birdcage be a much more complex character than the one in la cage and and a lot of the movie be about him accept his identity . the daughter and on the other hand and be much more of a three dimensional character in la cage . the other nice thing about this movie be that unlike in the original and you end up like the girl parent to some extent . they actually do have a lot in common with the hero . that isn not true in la cage and where the girl father seem to be almost sinister .