Interesting viewing

Rating: 8/10 (26 February 2015)

This film reminds me of Synecdoche, New York" starring the late Philip Seymour Hoffman. This time we see a process of making a theatre play with all up's and down's of all involved. It is also a look behind the curtain where all the glamour of the stage is revealed as a stressful and repetitive process where the actors sometimes go insane. I will not elaborate much about the story of the movie, many of the scenes have been shot in one take which is a proof for a masterful director. The cast is very strong and Michael Keaton proved he is a serious actor just like his alter ego on the screen. The only weak link in the movie is ending which seemed strange to me, because I do not understand why Birdmans delusions are being present in his daughter. All in all a strong movie, but perhaps not an Oscar material.