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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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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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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

06/24/2024

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.

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Sergio Burstein

Los Angeles Times

12/28/2023

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

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Kyle Smith

Wall Street Journal

12/21/2023

[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.

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Stephen Garrett

Book & Film Globe

Aug 21

4/5

Magnificent in great measure to its force-of-will writer/director/producer/star, Bradley Cooper’s virtuosic romance Maestro suffers from a minor strain of too-studiedness.

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Miranda Collinge

Esquire UK

Aug 1

Maestro explores the nuances of the Bernsteins’ unusual relationship with a care and a thoughtfulness that is rare in the movies these days – and even more so in biopics, which so often feel compelled to swing for hagiography or hack job.

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Kyle Amato

Boston Hassle

Jul 31

Perhaps there’s something about Felicia telling Lenny that he will die a “miserable old queen” that he relates to?

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Laurence G

10/27/2024

Cinematography and acting was excellent. A-list actors. Builds up to a huge twist that keeps you on the edge of your seat wondering the outcome.

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Spencer Nielsen

03/06/2024

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.

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Robin

03/06/2024

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

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Robert C

03/02/2024

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

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FaribaKB

02/05/2024

Loved the acting, story and the music!

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Sylvia Boyd

02/03/2024

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

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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: Lea Pictures, Fred Berner Films, Sikelia Productions, 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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