Birdman
In order to gain more fame and popularity in the Broadway, a well-known actor named Riggan Thompson, who has been away from acting for a long time, the thing that leads him to prepare for a strong return, through making his own play that thinks will help him making money and achieving a huge success.
14 February 1981, Yalta, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Crimea, Ukraine]
1 April 1972, New York City, New York, USA
22 October 1956, New York City, New York, USA
23 August 1968, Fullerton, California, USA
20 November 1981, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, UK
6 April 1975, Rome, New York, USA
February 24, 2017
There are a lot of moving parts in Birdman, and Iñárritu does a superb job of keeping them together.
February 24, 2017
The zingers and comebacks just keep coming -- just as you are savouring one, another jumps out.
February 24, 2017
Part intense drama, part dark comedy, the fifth feature by the Mexican filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu delivers the cinematic equivalent of a knockout punch.
January 02, 2015
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is the sort of movie that ends up on a person's favourite-movies-of-all-time list. It's really that fresh.
February 24, 2017
The credit for bringing out their humanity goes partly to the cast, of course, but it starts with director and co-writer Iñárritu, who can now find humor as well as heartbreak in the hopes, fears, and ridiculous dreams that make us human.
October 30, 2014
Birdman takes advantage of every facet of Keaton's talent, from his knack for absurdist comedy to his seemingly effortless ability to tap into graceful profundity without making a big show of it.
January 02, 2015
It's a quasi-religious fable about a man haunted by the past and facing a profound moral and existential crisis in the present, and it's a dazzling display of virtuoso cinematic technique and showboat performances.
February 24, 2017
The beauty of this film is that Thomson is not the only flawed character; he is just the most prominent of them.
January 02, 2015
This is a strange and beautiful and unique film, one of the best movies of the year.
May 09, 2017
A film that is tremendously self-conscious and at the same time makes fun of its pretensions. [Full review in Spanish]
January 02, 2015
Birdman, more than most, seems a film that deserves a second viewing, not only to admire the work of Keaton and his co-stars, but to delve into its many layers.
