
A neurotic young woman named Ann enlists the help of her unhinged cousin Denny (along with his totally ineffectual religious cult) to help her track down her ex-boyfriend Frank, who disappeared without a trace a year prior, and who Denny believes is convinced that he is the second coming of Jesus Christ. True love, it seems, is hard to kidnap.
Perhaps the most amazing and groundbreaking quality about The Birdcage is how removed it is from both illness and insensitivity. Whereas films preceding it were often somber stories about the tribulations of being gay in a conservatively straight world, Nichols and screenwriter Elaine May expose the fallacies of conservatism as traditional values are thrown into a more open-minded space. They don’t care how far the community has fallen so much as how high they can rebuild themselves.
Dashing in December follows the tried and true outline of a traditional holiday romance, with a less traditional middle-aged gay couple as the film's romantic focus.
A smashing sequel to the first Sonic the Hedgehog film that also brings back elements from the popular video game series.
Gritty and bleak are the best words to describe this film. There’s nothing happy about it.