Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’ Crackles With Showmanship—Sometimes Too Much of It

SOMETHING’S COMING

Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein biopic is stranger than you’d expect, filled with ambitious filmmaking and showy performances—some of which work, all of which are ponderous.

A photo including Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein and Carey Mulligan as Felicia Montealegre in the film Maestro.
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