Empty, chauvinistic, and self-congratulatory.
The several points in which Birdman’s daughter Sam goes on rants about the new era of everyone wanting to be recognized on the internet are trite, the dialogue in the monologues unrealistic, and the theme not explored other than in these moments. The narcissism of social media and everyone trying to become a celebrity has been much better explored in other works. The themes are convoluted; the film attempts to explore parenting, romantic love, technology, being…