Didn't understand it but loved it anyway

Rating: 7/10 (5 February 2015)

5 February 2015 Film of Choice at The Plaza Dorchester Tonight - Birdman. I have to say that was one of the most bizarre films I have seen in a long long time........and I absolutely loved it. My cinema going chum said....'I can honestly say I didn't understand all of it'......and I have to agree with her, but it was an edgy, dark comedy which tackled it's demons full on and dragged you down with it. Michael Keaton plays Riggan Thomas, a once successful film actor who starred in a series of superhero movies. Turning his back on yet another lucrative sequel he is gambling his money, his family and his life producing, directing and starring in a play on Broadway. The whole of this film has that "just off Broadway" feel to it as each of the characters on and off the stage battle their demons and try to put on a brave face for the audience. Keaton's acting was supreme. You could openly see the turmoil within his character as he tried to overcome the malevolence being fed constantly into his ear by his alter ego. Although this is a whole new character for him, I have to point out that in one particular bar scene I definitely espied that insane white faced Beetlejuice. Don't go and watch this film expecting to come out revitalised, and clear about what you saw, because you will not......come out of it having witnessed a phenomenon, and some very clever acting.