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Maestro (2023)
  
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Cast includes:
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CHARACTER |
ACTOR/ACTRESS |
RATING |
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Felicia
Montealegre |
Carey Mulligan |
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Leonard Bernstein |
Bradley Cooper |
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David Oppenheim |
Matt Bomer |
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Bruno Zirato |
Vincenzo Amato |
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Isaac |
Greg Hildreth |
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Jerry Robbins |
Michael Urie |
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Aaron Copland |
Brian Klugman |
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Adolph Green |
Nick Blaemire |
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Betty Comden |
Mallory Portnoy |
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Shirley Bernstein |
Sarah Silverman |
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Serge Koussevitzky |
Yasen Peyankov |
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Mendy Wager |
Zachary Booth |
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Cynthia O'Neal |
Miriam Shor |
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Jamie Bernstein |
Maya Hawke |
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Review
The one thing Maestro, Bradley
Cooper's new biopic about the composer Leonard Bernstein, arguably
has been most criticized for may well be the film's most impressive
asset: the best prosthetic nose in the history of motion pictures.
Cooper directs (his second outing, after
A Star Is
Born) and also stars as Bernstein. And it really is an
uncanny acting performance. He pinpoints the composer in everything from
mannerisms to parlance and cadence. A good starting point for a
biographical dissection indeed, and the film also looks extremely
good, with nice cinematography by Matthew Libatique. The only thing
missing here is a
storyline and a justification for the film's mere existence. After an hour,
Maestro still hasn't substantiated why we should care about
this man and his wife, or what his fame, status and persona was
all about, for that matter. In all his hubris, Cooper forgets to
showcase and tell the story of his subject, which should be an
obvious prerequisite for any biopic. Instead, we get what can only
be described as an utterly 2023 movie, mainly concerned with
pillow talk, identity, and trivialities, all of which grossly
overshadow what you would expect a film about a composer to be
about: the music. Certainly, Mr. Bernstein cannot have been this boring,
Mr. Cooper? Also with Carey Mulligan in a fine turn as Mrs.
Bernstein, and a large cast of supporting characters, none of
which are really fleshed out. They simply appear and disappear in
various cameos.
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