Oh, you should watch the original - much better characters (more French!) and tenser, although you'd have to endure sub-titles.

>I never saw the original but I really enjoyed The Birdcage.
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>>>Oh, by the way, a remake that is much, much and much better than the original was "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels", so we can confirm that there are always exceptions <g>
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>>Would that be the Steve Martin and Michael Caine movie, or has there been a remake after that? I loved that film.
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>>Another example of a US remake that doesn't cut it is "La Cage aux folles", despite Robin Williams's presence.
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