Review of Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) by Anthony Lane for The New Yorker — 12 Oct 2014
Birdman, right now, is on the money. In Riggan and the rest of the cast, writhing with the dread of being a nobody but appalled by what it takes to be a somebody, we see not just the acting bug but also the New York bug, the love bug, and, if we’re honest, the life bug, diagnosed as what they are: a seventy-year itch.
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This review of Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) was written by Anthony Lane and published by The New Yorker on 12 Oct 2014.
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) has generally received very positive reviews.
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