Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Fox Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: October 17, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
87
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 58 Critic Reviews
Positive:
51
Mixed:
5
Negative:
2
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60
New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinOct 16, 2014
Birdman is the very definition of a tour de force, and Iñárritu’s overheated technique meshes perfectly with the (enjoyable) overacting—the performers know this is a theatrical exercise and obviously relish the chance to Do It Big. But what comes out of the characters’ mouths is not so fresh. Read full review
60
The GuardianXan BrooksAug 27, 2014
There’s no doubt it makes for a jubilant ride, a galvanic first blast. But it remains a film which feels deeply thought rather than deeply felt; a brilliant technical exercise as opposed to a flesh-and-blood story. Read full review
58
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerOct 16, 2014
A movie with ambitions as high-flying as its superhero but a success rate decidedly lower to the ground. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineR. Kurt OsenlundOct 12, 2014
It places regurgitated ideas into the mouths of gifted actors, then drops them amid a kooky story that plays like an elaborate distraction from what little the film actually has to say. Read full review
40
The New YorkerRichard BrodyApr 23, 2019
Birdman trades on facile, casual dichotomies of theatre versus cinema and art versus commerce. It’s a white elephant of a movie that conceals a mouse of timid wisdom, a mighty and churning machine of virtuosity that delivers a work of utterly familiar and unoriginal drama. Read full review
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