it a situation comedy reminiscent of charley aunt and equally a funny . in both script a man impersonate a woman in order to reach a satisfactory conclusion to an important event . the result be side splitting . nathan lane have the plum part a the flamboyant petulant drag queen ( albert ) while robin williams a his partner armand manage to maintain some credulity in otherwise outrageous and complicated situation . the story bounce along at a nice speed . but tend to sag when armand meet his ex wife in her office and they do a little song and dance routine . i do not see much point in that . of course the story climax in the dinner party scene when the two family come together in the apartment above the birdcage night club . ostensibly all erotic statue and painting . carving and other paraphernalia have be remove prior to dinner to create the right impression and but somehow or other the porcelain soup bowl decorate with men in erotic pose seem to have be overlook and the pattern be quickly cover over in a frantic serving of chowder . the scene in which everybody join in sing i could have dance all night be a high spot and their friend who act a the butler for the night have a lovely comedy role a he stumble about because he be not use to wear shoe . earlier in the film armand try to teach albert how to sit and walk and act like a man . it an hilarious situation . an impossibility for albert who be so steep in his effeminate mannerism . all in all an enjoyable presentation and but i have the feel the original french version which i saw many year ago have more excitement in it and the farcical situation much more humorous .