Synopsis
A gay cabaret owner and his drag queen companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiancée's conservative moralistic parents.
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Cast
- Robin WilliamsArmand Goldman
- Nathan LaneAlbert
- Dan FuttermanVal Goldman
- Gene HackmanSenator Kevin Keeley
- Dianne WiestLouise Keeley
- Calista FlockhartBarbara Keeley
- Hank AzariaAgador
- Christine BaranskiKatharine Archer
- Tom McGowanHarry Radman
- Grant HeslovPhotographer - National Enquirer
Recommendations
- 88
ReelViews
The film is so boisterously entertaining that it's easy for the unsuspecting viewer not to realize that there's a message here. - 80
Newsweek
Everyone will be tickled pink by this sleek Mike Nichols remake. - 80
The New York Times
An American remake with plenty of new pizazz. - 80
The New Yorker
Oddly, the funniest performer here is Gene Hackman, playing an aggressively straight, family-values-spouting politician. Hackman's deadpan inanity is sublimely comic. - 80
Washington Post
One of the loopiest, most hysterical family-values movies ever made. - 75
Chicago Sun-Times
What makes Mike Nichols' version more than just a retread is good casting in the key roles, and a wicked screenplay by Elaine May. - 75
USA Today
Light as a feather. [8 March 1996, p.D1] - 70
Washington Post
A spirited remake of the French drag farce, has everything in place, from eyeliner to one-liner.
