Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Movie Review

Mexican writer and director Alejandro González Iñárritu has delivered a story inside a story about a past his use by date movie star, Keaton, who previously reaped the riches and empty adulation that went with his role of playing the big screen superhero Birdman.  He is seeking redemption (artistically and humanly) by writing, directing and starring in his own Broadway play. Alejandro uses music masterfully as the first three quarters of the film is set to a drum solo and not the ...