YOU'RE NOT IMPORTANT. GET USED TO IT.

Rating: 8/10 (11 November 2018)

Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton) was famous as the Birdman. He has now taken his savings and invested it in a Broadway play based on the works of Raymond Carver. Riggan is haunted by his past. He hears the voice and character of Birman in his head taunting him....as Carver would write, "Will You Please be Quiet, Please?"
Riggan's fresh out of rehab daughter (Emma Stone) helps out in the background as he struggles with the actors, especially Mike (Edward Norton). The previews were a disaster.
There is a lot of personal interactions that are going on. Riggan fears for the worse; that he will be a nobody and not remembered. He wants to do something else besides a cartoon character which is what he did best. It is interesting to note that Zach Galifianakis breaks out of his funny man role and does something serious...which was not as entertaining as his funny man role.
The acting was great. Emma stone had her scene where she lets loose on her dad about life. In fact the star liners were all given the scene to shine and they performed it well. The Birdman flashbacks reminded me a little of Jake Gyllenhaal" "Enemy" as you see the impossible, but in this case it was clearly Riggan's imagination...maybe.
I could see where this film would appeal to a certain type of movie going audience who like plot, theme, characters, and an under lying metaphor as well as a connection to the plays of the author it presents. I can also see where people could find this film slow, boring, and pointless...well acted scenes that don't seem to go anywhere afterwards.
Guide: F-bomb. Norton butt nudity. Some minor sexual innuendos.