Maestro was one of the films that I have not had a chance to see in theaters, but I knew it was coming to Netflix. It has a lot of Oscar buzz about it.

I have to say that I found the two lead performances, Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein and Carey Mulligan as Felicia Montealegre, electric and amazing. Both should be contenders for an Oscar, if not some of the leading choices.

However, I found the movie itself to be fairly boring.

The film looked great. I particularly enjoyed looking at the black and white section of the film when they were in the past. Bradley Cooper did a spectacular job directing this, but I just found the film lacking in a story that engaged me for most of the movie. Late in the film with Felicia dealing with cancer, the film started to pick up for me in the story department. 

Unfortunately, even with the positives that were here, I just did not enjoy this movie much. I found it dull. There are two brilliant acting performance though and if that is enough for you, then you will enjoy Maestro. I wanted more.

2.75 stars