An ambitious, thought-provoking story.

Rating: 10/10 (8 February 2015)

DESCRIPTION OF THE STORYLINE: At his core, the movie is a rarely seen character development story about a famous Broadway actor who does his best to get appreciation and to keep his reputation by the audiences and critics.
But there's something else going on too. Birdman is the character for the show Birdman, that was created by Riggan (the actor). But it seems like Riggan have the powers of Birdman. Birdman have the gift to move objects without touching them, to fly and other things that are impossible to do. Also, Riggan hear voices of Birdman in his head that is trying to manipulate him into doing things against his will. But is Birdman really Riggan, and Riggan really Birdman?
When losing a actor due an incident (or according to Riggan: something he let happened), Michael Keaton as Riggan Thomson is desperate to find a new actor for the Broadway show. When eventually a new actor was introduced into the show, he seemed to know all the lines. However, his acting skills were of highly valuable interests for the show. As he is getting an important role in the movie, Riggan's daughter Sam (played by Emma Stone) is little for little falling in love with the new actor, Mike (Edwarn Norton).
As different circumstances and various occasions land on the path of the overall success of the show on Broadway, Riggan is slowly losing his grip and gets out of control. When smashing objects with using his 'Birdman Powers', we get an clear answer of the cause of the powers immediately after someone walks into his room. We see him using his hands as he smashes things to the wall. That delivers the logical conclusion that all this 'Birdman Powers' was in his head, it was his own imagination constantly.
As time goes on, Birdman is more and more taking over Riggan. Eventually, it even gets to the point where he imagined a whole battle in the streets of NYC and is slowly loosing gravity as he floats to the rooftop of a house. In reality, he's standing on the edge of the roof. When a man tried to help him to call somebody for him, Riggan jumped off the house and flies through the streets of NYC. When arrived at this destination, a taxi driver yells at him for not paying the ride. Again, a logical answer to an illogical happening.
When crafting to the final moments of Birdman, Riggan and his crew put on a show for the ages, according to applause of the audience after the first half. When preparing for the second half, Rigggan switches from a fake pistol (where the red plastic is clearly visible), to a real pistol with one bullet in it. As the second half is on the way, Riggan steps on stage and sets an amazingly incredible performance with lines that is an self reflection to his personality and character in the movie. After the incident he finds himself in a hospital where he actually looks like Birdman, due to the treatment of his nose. Yeah, he shot himself in the nose. Unbelievable. Finally, the actor earned a good review and is appreciated by many audiences and critics. His daughter even made a Twitter page for him!
After everything he had achieved and accomplished, he decided to open the hospital window and close (or open?)the door of The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance.
REVIEW: 'A thing is a thing not what is said of that thing.'