Birdman

2014 • 119 minutes

About this movie

Michael Keaton joins Emma Stone, Edward Norton, Zach Galifianakis and Naomi Watts in this riveting story about fame, fantasy and second chances. When a former superhero film star (Keaton) sets out to make a comeback on Broadway, he grapples with self-doubt, harsh critics, and his estranged daughter (Stone) in this imaginative, wickedly funny film from writer/director Alejandro González Iñárritu.

Ratings and reviews

Yeah, this sorta left me cold. The illusion of the continuous single shot through the whole film was admittedly impressive on a technical level, but I ultimately found it distracting. I kept checking out of the drama every 10 minutes to try and spot the hidden cuts between takes. Maybe because as a comedy I just didn't find it that funny. At all. And probably because the tone of the whole thing came off a little too self-important to me. I dunno... great performances all around, though.

I went into this movie expecting a bigger comedic aspect, but was pleasantly entertained by the drama with funny parts here and there. It's all well done in the style of a stage play, even behind the stage. You'll end up wondering what's real and what isn't, and will be absorbed in the story. I hardly noticed how well it was shot until halfway through. Very well done cinematography. I think the cohesion could have been improved, you don't really care about all the characters until they reach their arcs.

I loved the deepness of the characters. Each had traits to aspire too while at the same time other traits were less than becoming. The story was raw and a seemingly unfiltered trip into the human pysche within the context of a live off Broadway show. However, it tried very hard to be this artsy fartsy ho-hum intelligent better than you film. It should have stuck to the nitty gritty of what it is to be human in a broadway backdrop