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  Review by ian____ 2

  Cillian murphy’s Oscar is safe

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  Review by cheroreowitz ★★★ 3

  he’s not lydia tár unfortunately

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  Review by Lydia Tár 3

  Hm.

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  Review by detectivezinc ★★★

  Cooper's strong desire for an Oscar is evident, but his directing abilities fall short compared to the mastery of Todd Field, especially in their use of long takes. Despite Cooper's remarkable efforts, it's clear that Mulligan outshines him. Maestro also unfolds from her perspective. However, her frequent and sometimes distracting laughter leaves me wondering if it accurately represents the real-life individual she portrays.
  I’m a little bit disappointed but not surprised.

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  Review by Monica ★★ 1

  Bradley Cooper you’ll never be Lydia Tàr

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  Review by Jacob 3

  carey mulligan in her oscar speech: thank you mi gente latino.

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  Review by Alberto Faggiotto ★½ 18

  #Venezia80

  Imagine having the life of one of the greatest composers in history staged as a 1940s melodrama, with no reflection on music or his homosexuality, and even with a glossy and useless black and white at the beginning. Also imagine any gimmick of Hollywood dramatic sensationalism and you will find them all.

  I wish to wake up in the morning and be Bradley Cooper, to be able to love myself as much as he narcissistically loves himself...

  Venezia 80

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  Review by CalvinLaw ★★

  2023 Ranking 

  I found this fairly tiresome and unengaging overall with what it chooses to focus on. Cooper does take big swings but wasn’t too impressed in either capacity, thought a lot of what he did in either regard was pretty goofy and surface-level. The screenplay is what I could really dig deep into but I’ll just say I thought it was pretty bad and thin.

  Mulligan does what she can but I’m frankly surprised at the top billing - we barely get any sense of interiority, any sense of something explored within Felicia besides a few well done enough sad reactions and an outburst scene where she started sounding a bit like Stewie Griffin for me. I wasn’t even that crazy about the Matthew Libatique cinematography. Was more scathing when I jotted down my views on initial viewing, now with some time I'm just more meh and unimpressed by it all.

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  Review by pipebomb ★★ 1

  the white and black parts when bernstein is young are literally unwatchable (not in a bad way, more unintentionally hilarious). bradley's comedically large goofy ahh prosthetic nose looks ghoulishly artificial and fake in most of the black and white section, unintentionally making it feel like a parody of historically inaccurate biopics a la Walk Hard. the heart is there but it only becomes a watchable respectable film when they show bernstein's later life in color when bradley has more makeup, making it feel a bit more natural.

  i'm so sorry, bradley. the visuals and performances are fucking great but it felt like bradley was wearing one of those gag glasses with the big nose and moustache while delivering a powerhouse performance for the black and white parts lmaooooo

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  Review by Jake Alda Coffey ★★★½

  While not as engaging as I would’ve hoped for, Maestro is still pretty good. Bradley Cooper delivers a great performance as Leonard Bernstein, but it’s Carey Mulligan who steals the show in the second half of the movie. The film tries to say a lot about Bernstein and not all of it works as some of it felt a bit uneven that hindered the pacing of the film. But overall, Cooper still proves he’s a good director, I just wish he had a better idea on what to focus on with its subject. 

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  Review by <3 ★★★★

  they didnt include his biggest achievement, being lydia tar's mentor but still acceptable

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  Review by Gabriele Niola ★★

  So dull It made me long for Blonde's clumsy ambitions....