i have see this movie many time over and i can assure you that it have yet to get old for me . the movie do a great job of allow the audience to witness first hand and laugh about how difficult it be for a very average look middle age man with no career to juggle his well off wife and his ambitious mistress . of course the fact that both main character be marry ( george and his mistress ) and albeit to other people and be the main reason why this heavily vaudeville influenced comedy work so well . poor maurice and all he mean to do the day he meet george be collect knick knack to help the poor instead he end up be force ( after a little convincing ) to pretend he be george wife in order to help him hide the affair that his mistress be about to reveal and and in the end and discover the feminine side he be never aware off . despite the fact that the two main male character pretend to be marry to each other and there be no gay theme go per se but the comedy clearly arise from the fact that everyone be fool by maurice act a he pretend to be george homely wife ( unlike in the birdcage and which and although the latter be a very good comedy on it own and i find to have nothing in common with this one . indeed and the fact that both contain a transvestite be pretty much the only similarity between the two movie since the reason behind the cross dress serve very different purpose . ) . for those of u who grow up in europe and the whole side story about the audi lover and the father and son cameo at the dealership make for some most welcome additional insider chuckle . if you be look for a good laugh and watch this little gem and it be a great way to spend a couple of hour .