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Review of by Richard Brody for New Yorker — 23 Oct 2014

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Birdman trades on facile, casual dichotomies of theatre versus cinema and art versus commerce. It’s a white elephant of a movie that conceals a mouse of timid wisdom, a mighty and churning machine of virtuosity that delivers a work of utterly familiar and unoriginal drama.

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This review of Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) was written by and published by New Yorker on 23 Oct 2014.

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) has generally received very positive reviews.

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