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Critic A.A. Dowd

...some kind of gift from the movie gods...

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Christy Lemire
rated 10

...both technically astounding yet emotionally rich, intimate yetenormous, biting yet warm, satirical yet sweet.

Read full review at Roger Ebert
Critic Jonathan Romney
rated 8

Sophisticated and hugely entertaining as the film is, there’s no getting around the fact that it’s also something of a novelty act.

Read full review at The Guardian
Radu
rated 9

Amazing technique. The entire movie looks like it was filmed in one shot. I loved that every character has its own interesting story that you can relate to.

2 years ago
Critic Ian Freer
rated 10

...soars on a purely cinematic imagination, defying formula, expressing ideas in completely visual ways.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Frederik Asschenfeldt Vandrup
rated 8

Iñárritus portræt af en falleret stjerne, der som en anden Fugl Phønix kæmper for endnu en tur mod solen er både tragisk, rørende og meget morsomt.

Read full review at Cinemazone
Critic Jacob Ludvigsen
rated 8

’Birdman’ er en svimlende tour de force, en åndeløs svævetur i kulisserne på et teater, den mest imponerende opdagelsesrejse i et selvomsluttet mikrokosmos siden Robert Altman.

Read full review at Soundvenue
Dennis Andersson
rated 10

Väldigt annorlunda och underhållande film som har mycket att säga om individ och existens! Ur en teknisk aspekt är denna film inget annat än en milstolpe! Det talas mycket om att den filmades för att se ut som en enda lång tagning, vilket de verkl...

1 year ago

Cast & Crew

Michael Keaton
As Riggan Thomson
Robert Downey Jr.
As Himself (uncredited)
Edward Norton
As Mike Shiner
Bill Camp
As Crazy Man
Naomi Watts
As Lesley Truman

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Birdman ou l' vertu Ignorance inattendue est une comédie noire qui raconte l'histoire d'un acteur, ancienne star des films de super-héros, qui tente de se relancer en écrivant, en dirigeant et en jouant dans une pièce de Broadway. Mais avec les difficultés de la production et la proximité de la première, il doit affronter son ego, ses rapports avec sa famille et son passé.

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