If you loved The Birdcage, try Beautiful Thing
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Beautiful Thing has roughly 3.9× fewer votes than The Birdcage — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theysit in Comedy / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Birdcage, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Beautiful Thing is
The briefest of summaries might call this a coming-of-age story. Two boys realize they have feelings for each other amid family drama and 90s heat. It's a sweet film that manages to avoid the clichés, actually.
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