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<\/p>\nBirdman, the “masterpiece” drama starring Emma Stone and Michael Keaton, has landed a new streaming home in the UK. Directed by Alejandro Gonz\u00e1lez I\u00f1\u00e1rritu, Birdman stars Keaton as a washed-up actor named Riggan Thomson, famed for his role as the titular superhero.<\/p>\n
The synopsis reads: “In an effort to be taken seriously, a washed up, ageing celeb \u2013 famous for portraying an iconic superhero \u2013 attempts to mount a Broadway play. <\/p>\n
“But as he struggles with the production and the opening night approaches, he battles with his ego and his efforts to recover his family, his career, and himself.”<\/p>\n
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Released in 2014, Birdman was recently added to Prime Video, meaning viewers in the UK can stream the film now. <\/p>\n
Joining Keaton and Stone on the stellar cast are stars including Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Andrea Riseborough, Amy Ryan, Naomi Watts, and Lindsay Duncan.<\/p>\n
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Related: Best streaming services<\/a> <\/p>\n On IMDb<\/a> Birdman has a rating of 7.7 out of 10, with many user reviews praising the film and calling it a “masterpiece”. <\/p>\n One viewer<\/a> said: “Whilst viewing Birdman, I spent the first hour of the film trying to decipher my emotions and opinions towards it, what I was watching was a weird, yet wonderful work of art. Truly though, ‘Birdman’ is a technical masterpiece.”<\/p>\n “This film is the definition of art. There is so much to appreciate about it on every single level of filmmaking. Masterpiece,” penned another<\/a>. <\/p>\n Searchlight Pictures<\/p>\n Related: Near-perfect “darkly comic” thriller with ‘twists to keep you glued’ lands new UK streaming home<\/a><\/p>\n “Birdman is a masterpiece (there goes THAT word). At a time where movies feel like they have to choose to between comedy and tragedy, I\u00f1\u00e1rritu’s beauty works on us from the inside-out. It’s a human story, comedy, thriller, mystery, all rolled into one,” said one audience member<\/a>. <\/p>\n Another fan said: “The script is fun, thought-provoking and at times touchingly profound. The story is gripping and the characters engage. Michael Keaton gives his best performance in years, an outstanding performance and perhaps a career-best.”<\/p>\n Over on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, Birdman has an impressive rating of 91% from 360 reviews, making it one to watch. <\/p>\n Birdman is now streaming on Prime Video. <\/p>\n The new edition of Living Legends is here! Buy Ariana & Witches in newsagents or online<\/a>, priced at just \u00a38.99.<\/p>\n Reporter, Digital Spy<\/p>\n Harriet is a freelance news writer specialising in TV<\/a> and movies<\/a> at Digital Spy.\u00a0<\/p>\n A horror enthusiast, she joined Digital Spy after working on her own horror website, reviewing films and focusing largely on feminism in the genre.\u00a0<\/p>\n In her spare time, Harriet paints and produces mixed-media art. She graduated from the University of Kingston with a BA in fine art, where she specialised in painting. She also has an MA in journalism from Birkbeck University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Birdman, the “masterpiece” drama starring Emma Stone and Michael Keaton, has landed a new streaming home in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1105,77668,1107,93,61,60,1135,270,77667],"class_list":{"0":"post-133211","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-content-type-news","9":"tag-contentid-a641841e-96b9-490d-865b-bad0a19652b9","10":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-locale-gb","15":"tag-movies","16":"tag-shorttitle-emma-stones-masterpiece-gets-new-streaming-home"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"emma](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/emma-stone-birdman-official-teaser-trailer-6912179163cfe.jpg\" "\\"Emma")
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