Inarritu's best film since "Babel"

Rating: 10/10 (2 March 2017)

Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's "Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) is a movie that is one of the most original movies that I have seen in this decade with a cast that literally knocks their performances out of the park in this movie and now that i'm writing this review I couldn't agree more that this was an Oscar worthy movie. The movie stars Michael Keaton as Riggan Thomson a broke Broadway actor who is in the process of making a play called "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" that is adapted from Raymond Carver. Thomson also wrote the script and directed the play and this his chance to make or break his career. Thomson is also having personal struggles he has a daughter named Sam (Emma Stone) who has at first a rocky relationship with him, and an ex-wife named Sylvia (Amy Ryan). During one of the rehearsal scenes of the play we see Riggan practice with co-stars such as an actress named Lesley (Naomi Watts) as well as two other actors and one of them he refers to as "The worst actor he's ever seen." who then gets injured. After the injury scene he talks with his attorney and his best friend named Jake (Zach Galifianakis) to find a replacement actor for the play. Within a few minutes they find an actor named Michael Shiner (Edward Norton). Another actress that I forget to mention that was in the play was an actress by the name of Laura (Andrea Riseborough).Like some of my other favorite filmmakers I have never seen such a style like Inarritu's when it comes to directing a movie in a long time even though with a lot of filmmakers like Spielberg, Scorsese, or Tarantino it's till there and that skill is to get to the point with any type of story, and believe me Inarritu's direction is excellent. During the movie the play went on to become a huge hit and resurrected Riggan's career as an actor. Even though this is a great movie that teaches people that when you are in a bad situation of any kind such as your career being in dire straits you can always redeem yourself and soar above your problems and be at the top of your game once again. This is one of the 10 best movies of 2014.