Beautiful piece of rubbish

Rating: 1/10 (2 March 2015)

There's no doubt that this film was technically superb. It relies on the gimmick that almost the entire film appears to be shot in one single take.
However, this has been done before, notably in sci-fi film Children of Men by Alfonso Cuaron, where a proper action scene shot in a single take, involving a car crash (unlike the so-called action scenes in Birdman, which were really childish), remains unforgettable till today.
Apart from Birdman's gimmicky approach to the film, there is nothing enjoyable about the movie. It has zero entertainment value.
Birdman's script and style was extremely pretentious. It's hard to believe that people say and do those things in real life. If you like these kind of artsy films with a paper-thin plot and no real character development or meaning, then Birdman is for you.
However, Birdman will never be a classic. It's not a film that you would want to watch again and again simply because it's so boring! Birdman will be excellent for film students but that's about it.