Maestro

R

Released Nov 22, 2023

2h 9m

Biography

Drama

Romance

Music

LGBTQ+

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331 Reviews

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Maestro is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.

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Critics Consensus

Led by a pair of powerful performances, Maestro serves as a stirring overview of a tremendous talent's life and legacy.

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Audience Says

Maestro's Oscar-worthy acting and impressive cinematography keep things engaging despite a flawed narrative that won't teach viewers much about Bernstein's cultural impact.

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Udita Jhunjhunwala

Livemint

Maestro is a 129-minute study of the life of an artist, but besides the love story, it doesn’t satisfyingly say much about the artist, his creation or his identity.

Jun 24, 2024

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Sergio Burstein

Los Angeles Times

Maestro is a work that celebrates and admires Berstein. [Full review in Spanish]

Dec 28, 2023

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Kyle Smith

Wall Street Journal

[Bradley Cooper's] mimicry eventually becomes overbearing. If an actor is working so hard that all the audience can focus on is the work, rather than the character, it’s self-defeating.

Dec 21, 2023

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Tony Macklin

tonymacklin.net

Maestro is pretentious from the very start.

Rated: 4/10

Jun 15, 2024

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Sarah Marrs

Lainey Gossip

Maestro is a surprisingly pedestrian biopic of a force of nature subject.

May 29, 2024

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Milana Vujkov

Lola On Film

Offers little more than something akin to a prolonged high-end fashion mag photoshoot, with a perfunctory script included — until its very end, when it decides to become an actual biopic of Leonard Bernstein.

Rated: 2/5

May 22, 2024

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Spencer Nielsen

One of the most try-hard movies I’ve seen in a long time. Bradley Cooper puts so much effort into becoming Bernstein, and being the maestro of his production, that he forgets to tell a story, with characters, that is about something.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/06/24

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Robin

We enjoyed the movie but felt we needed more information about Bernsteins life.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/06/24

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Robert C

Too much of his personal life and not enough of his musical experiences. Also, the presentation was "choppy".

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/02/24

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FaribaKB

Loved the acting, story and the music!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/05/24

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Sylvia Boyd

Acting, Acting, Acting. Both lead characters gave Academy Award performances. Director Cooper deserves the same for an amazing first effort directing.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/03/24

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Lisa

Loved the acting, the story, the honesty

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/26/24

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Synopsis

Maestro is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.

Director: Bradley Cooper
Screenwriter: Josh Singer, Bradley Cooper
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Fred Berner Films, Sikelia Productions, Lea Pictures, Amblin Entertainment
Rating: R (Some Language and Drug Use)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, Music, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 22, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 20, 2023
Runtime: 2h 9m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos

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