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3. Hey, been looking forward to the Lenny movie, then this jerk review
Wed Oct 4, 2023, 10:52 PM
Oct 2023

from the NY Post, of course.

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https://nypost.com/2023/10/03/maestro-review-bradley-cooper-chews-scenery-as-bernstein/

‘Maestro’ review: Bradley Cooper chews scenery as Leonard Bernstein

.... Nothing Cooper does is organic or authentic, and his show-off performance is always stilted. He arduously thinks through every single choice — it’s time to scream into a pillow; cue the laugh; ready, set, cry.

Nobody goes to a movie to watch actors ponder their next beat. We want to feel, and his overwrought turn does not allow us to.

But who cares? Cooper will surely be the recipient of the many accolades that automatically accompany what constitutes good, prestigious acting today: hoary impressions that are proven right by archival footage we’re shown during the end credits. The typical Oscars rubric. ....

Cooper might’ve had a timeless portrayal of Leonard Bernstein, an important New Yorker and fascinating man, in him. The pieces are all there, just improperly assembled. ....

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