So the only thing I have heard about the movie Maestro was controversy over the film’s decision to put Bradley Cooper in a prosthetic nose. This was a wildly racist decision on behalf of the production, especially considering the fact that Copper’s actual nose looks very similar to Bernstiens on its own and did not need cosmetic enhancement. The whole Jews have big noses thing was not at all necessary to include in the film and there are about 1000 ways to make it clear Berstien was a jewish man without the nose. That said, I never got around to seeing the movie…until now. Biopics of prominent figures have always felt a little Oscar-baity so I really don’t have a strong desire to watch this film whatsoever. But I promised that I would watch and review as many films released in 2023 as possible, especially the Oscar contenders so here we are. The formal review of Maestro, now on Netflix.
Overall the movie just screamed Oscar bait with no actual substance. I think Bradley Cooper was fine but nothing spectacular, despite that I do think he will get a very undeserved nomination. As will the film as whole even though it really did nothing for the industry, or really the man that it was about. There didn’t feel like there was any connection or heart in the story and if you are going to produce a movie about a person’s life I need to feel like I knew that person personally by the end of it and Maestro just didn’t do that. I know his actual kids liked the movie but heres the thing, they have a deep emotional attachment to the actual man, the film needed to give that deep emotional attachment to the audience and quite frankly it failed.
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