38 Minutes of my life wasted!

Rating: 1/10 (19 March 2015)

Why did this movie get excellent reviews from professional critics and why did it receive any Oscar nominations at all! I am so sorry I did not read the reviews on IMDb. Based on reading the reviews from NY Times I picked Birdman to watch- on Directv so I at least only wasted $5.99 and could pour myself a glass of wine while I endured this pretentious mess. The background "jazz drum" score was the first thing I found really annoying. I must say this is actually not a true review. I only made it through 38 minutes- that period was in spite of my 3 guests wanting it GONE well before that time. I agree with every negative review I've read on IMDb. I didn't even think the acting was very good.