This is a bad film. Avoid .

Rating: 3/10 (17 May 2016)

I watched this on DVD(thank God it wasn't on the big screen.), there were five of us and I didn't want to spoil it for the others so I sat there quietly trying not to smash the TV with a sledgehammer just to make that talent-less,smudge of an actor Keaton disappear.
Keaton is talent-less, you can easily come to that conclusion by just observing his fellow stars in the movie,look at Stone,Norton,Galifianakis.Watts etc whether you like them or not you can admit that they have studied their roles, watching the "Spotlight" and comparing him with Ruffalo makes it even easier. Keaton isn't acting he is just being himself and he cannot even get that right..
Anyway this movie is a masterpiece because it was shot in one shot.. What? Ehh.. Why? Ehh.. Was this a first at the time? Of course not. Did it feel magical in any way? Absolutely not! Inarritu is a fantastic director I'll never forget that genius shot in the club,with the deaf girl on "Babel" but come on people just because he is a genius does not mean that everything he does is magic, "Birdman" is a joke .
The scenario,the script,the dialogue,the characters are all somewhat OK but just OK and nothing more. A washed out action star,has existential issues and manically tries to prove to the world that he is better than that by starring at theatrical play just like Keaton's real life,it's a movie about failed actors,critics and their inner demons .
Actually I have rated this with a four(4), for the efforts of Inarritu Norton Stone etc. but the script is so mediocre, Keaton so mind blowingly bad and the movie so unbelievably overrated that a four just won't "cut" it anymore, it's official then it's a three (3) from now on..