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Horrible disgrace to the two classics...
If you are like me and feel that La Cage Aux Folles and its sequel are hillarious films, then do not see this. It is a complete disgrace and dishonor to the series. One of the principal screenwriters and creative mind behind the first 2 films, Francis Veber, is gone. And so is any charm, whimsy and any trace of comedy. This film is just flat out NOT FUNNY. Personally, I like Part 2 the best, with the original close behind. Ugo Tonazzi and Michel Serrault are on autopilot here and seem to be sleepwalking through their roles. The dubbing is atrocious and completely ruins an already lifeless film. The reason I think so many of us fell in love with the original was the complicated, sweet, and always humourous relationship between Albin and Renato. And also the dialogue was whip-smart and the situations, while often violent and serious, are always played with a layer of humor and human warmth. All fans should just consider the La Cage Aux Folles films a double set...NOT a trilogy.

An unappreciated sequal
I have to disagree with the negative review(s) this movie has received. While it's not a great sequal, by any standards, it is still funny, entertaining, and enjoyable. I loved the other two La Cage films, and this one is a close second. The only really bad feature of the movie is the atrocious dubbing. I think it would play much better had it remained in its original Italian language format, with subtitles. (Though, I've never seen a copy of it with subtitles -- If anyone knows where I can get one, let me know.) Michel Serrault's classic character is great fun, as always, with his over-the-top effeminate persona. Ugo Tognazzi is also at his usual best, especially when he "plays it straight". This is a generally good and funny movie with undeserved bad reviews.

Don't Be Fooled!
The original LA CAGE is a comic gem, and the first sequel was still somewhat amusing. If you loved them (as I did), you should probably stay away from this dreadful creature. The original leads return, as do their hated in-laws, but the wit and magic are gone. Albin and Renato become silly cartoonish figures, with none of the humanity that make these characters so memorable in the earlier films. So don't be fooled -- any resemblance between this film and LA CAGE AUX FOLLES is strictly in the eye of the producer. END ... Read more

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Two Husbands, Two Lives, One Nurse
George Lautner's French film "My Other Husband" (original title "Attention, une femme peut en cacher une autre") hits a comedic bull's eye. This French style charming comedy depicts a spirited nurse (a surgeon's assistant in Paris, nicely played by Miou-Miou) who leads two lives. One is with her significant other in the countryside of Normandy, and the other is with her estranged husband in Paris. In Paris, the nurse, surgeon, husband and child all lead the life of sophisticates. Alice, the nurse, has been traveling to Normandy, where for four days every week she works at a salt water cure, and shares her life with Vincent, a teacher, and his two children. After a decade of separation, she is by chance reunited in Paris with her husband, Philippe, and her 10 year old son, Simon. She then carries on a double life since she has not divorced the husband and thus is not free to marry Vincent. The two "husbands" and families do not know of each other until a chance meeting, which provokes periods of much rivalry, jealousy, hurt and laughter. The French public's longstanding desire to lead two different lives, one Parisian and one provincial, is well displayed and satirized in this comedy. Lautner's film is hilarilously funny and would be enjoyed by everyone interested in different cultures and countries, plus nurses, of course. This 1986 film is rated PG-13, but has a fun French sexiness throughout. ... Read more