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Rating: 5/10 (16 February 2015)

Birdman
The reason actors prefer stage work is because they get a cut of whatever falls out of the audiences pockets.
And that loose change could really help the struggling Broadway show in this drama.
Determined to molt the avian super-hero image that made him famous, Riggan Thomson (Michael Keaton) writes, directs and stars in a play drastically different from his on screen work.
But when his lead is replaced by a difficult stage legend (Edward Norton), Riggan's feels upstaged and out of his element.
With open night looming, and early reviews unfavorable, Riggan lashes out at those around: his daughter (Emma Stone), his friends (Zach Galifianakis, Naomi Watts) and the costumed hallucination of his alter ego: Birdman.
A satirical attack on super-hero movies, social media, and the general public's palate, Birdman may boast a brilliant cast and inspired direction but it's lost in its own self-importance.
Besides, if it weren't for super-hero movies kids would never learn they couldn't fly.
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