Cinema: Double Take

LA CAGE AUX FOLLES II Directed by Edouard Molinaro Screenplay by Francis Veber

It may be that the definitive word on sequels was uttered by a worldly philosopher who, upon being asked if one should repeat a homosexual experiment, replied memorably: "Once, a philosopher; twice, a pederast." It applies with particular aptness to this fitfully entertaining attempt to replicate what is alleged to be the largest-grossing foreign film in U.S. movie history. For La Cage aux Folles II makes it clear that the sheer novelty of the original—no one had thought to make...

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