MAESTRO

Director: Bradley Cooper
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Matt Bomer, Ethan Hawke, Michael Urie, Sarah Silverman, Brian Klugman

Bradley Cooper is a nine-time Oscar nominee thanks to his acting, writing and producing of various movies like Silver Linings Playbook, American Sniper, and A Star is Born to name a few. He will certainly add to that with his latest film, Maestro, which is clearly a passion project for the multitalented star. Bradley Cooper has spent six years prepping and working on the Leonard Bernstein biopic. He directed, co-wrote, and stars as Bernstein, and while the film certainly spans many decades, he narrows in on the love story between him and his wife, Felicia Montealegre, played by Carey Mulligan. The film is book ended with an interview he’s giving late in life after Felicia has passed away where he states, “I will miss her terribly.” It’s Cooper’s introduction to the audience that this will be a love story. He then jumps back to Leonard in his 20s getting the chance to conduct for the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall. It’s a thunderous debut with many asking if he’ll give up composing to be a conductor. He’s also having a romantic relationship with David Oppenheim (Bomer) who plays in the orchestra. Later on, at a party, he’s tinkering around on the piano showing off when he sees Felicia and everything seems to stop. She’s an aspiring actress, and there’s an undeniable connection between them. Their love story spans decades, and while they seem like equals at the beginning, she finds herself wrestling with his ego, career, and homosexual urges that are not so secretive in the public eye. In theaters and streaming on Netflix

Here’s my review