16 Movies Like Maestro (2023) (Page 2)

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Chasing the feel of watching Maestro ? Here are the movies we recommend you watch right after.

Maestro has already proven to be divisive, which is actually a good sign for a biopic. If a film like that placates everyone, it would mean the death of biographical dramas, n0 less. Bradley Cooper plays composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein in this Oscar contender, but don't worry, you don't need to know too much about the life and work to submerge yourself into the film world. Because Maestro focuses on a relationship—Bernstein's marriage to his wife Felicia—your attention will be split in two: between Carey Mulligan's torrential talent (playing a soured wife) and Cooper's own masterful confusion as his character oscillates between said wife and quite a few men. If that can make a scandalous story, the film refuses to twist it; on the contrary, Maestro is a respectful examination of the complexities of a marriage. Even better, it's achingly good melodrama.

At least you can't accuse this holiday film of being generic. Combining the incredibly incompatible elements of drug busts and figure skating (and still failing to justify this crazy idea, though not for a lack of trying), Dealing with Christmas eventually begins to feel more like a series of comedy sketches making up the rules as it goes along. This definitely leads to moments of both excitement and effective humor, but its lack of consistency ultimately makes the awkward outweigh the good. Still, the audacity on display is something to be admired, and the film is just well-made enough to keep its constant experiments worth the curiosity.

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Actor: Alex Lutz, Alice Moitié, Bruno Sanches, Catherine Hosmalin, Élise Hobbé, Eric Judor, Etienne Guillou-Kervern, François Vincentelli, Guy Lecluyse, Jean-Yves Tual, Jonas Dinal, Kim Higelin, Laura Felpin, Lison Daniel, Monsieur Poulpe, Nicky Marbot, Paul Deby, Philippe Lacheau, Ragnar Le Breton, Tom Dingler

Director: Arthur Sanigou