Impressive film...but occasionally childish.

Rating: 10/10 (7 May 2015)

Aside from one hiccup I didn't care for in the film, I really enjoyed "Birdman."
The cast is great and they are all giving off tremendous performances. It's not really a surprise that Michael Keaton is great in it but it is a surprise how he seems to get better and better with every project. Additionally, I was really digging the story and the fact the film is made to look like one continuous shot ended up working in concert with the story and making the plot feel even more immersing and interesting. Granted, this had the potential to come off like a gimmick and could have worked against the film and story but, in the end, it worked very effectively.
My only complaint about the film is the commentary the movie makes about comic book films and critics. Being a fan of comic book movies and a wannabe movie critic, I wasn't so much insulted by this but rather taken back by the childish-like nature of it and its complete lack of subtlety it contained. It became breaks in the film that suddenly went from being a funny, dramatic, and incredibly entertaining to being sorta pretentious, snobby and pretty petty and whiny. Thankfully, this only happened twice before it went back to being a great character-based piece of work.