Review of Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) by Mark F — 05 Jan 2016

Where are your underpants?

Riggan used to be a star actor and play a notorious super hero known as Birdman. Eventually, he thinks he is too big for the role and spins off into a new career on Broadway. His show sells out and is popular, but he often fights with the cast, he lacks professionalism, and is depressed that he likely made the wrong decision to stop being Birdman. A voice in his head leads him and chaos follows.

"Why did we break up?".

"Because you threw a kitchen knife at me.".

Alejandro Gonzales, director of The Revenant, Babel, 21 Grams, Biutiful, To Each his Own Cinema, and September 11, delivers Birdman. The storyline for this picture is an interesting character piece with many unique elements, unexpected action, and random events. The acting is very good and the cast includes Michael Keaton, Edward Norton, Emma Stone, Zach Galifianakis, and Naomi Watts.

"Smells like balls.".

This was added to HBOGO a couple months ago and I was excited to finally get a chance to watch this. This was different and surprising in many ways. I really enjoyed the script and thought it was well done. This is a movie you will likely only need to see once, so I wouldn't add it to the DVD collection, but this is worth your time and entertaining.

"She does look like she licked a homeless man's ass.".

Grade: B+/A-.