Netflix viewers slam Bradley Cooper's 'mumbling Maestro' as movie faces more criticism

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By Nasima Khatun

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It has only been a few weeks since Bradley Cooper's Maestro hit Netflix and let's just say, it has not received the best reception from viewers.

Fans have taken to social media to beg the 49-year-old actor to speak up a little after watching his performance portraying Leonard Bernstein, a famous, Jewish composer.

The movie, described by Netflix as "a love letter to life and art," revolves around the relationship between Bernstein and his wife Felicia Montealegre (played by Carey Mulligan).

However, ever since the release of the movie's official trailer back in August last year, Cooper has been subjected to intense backlash for a handful of reasons including his incomprehensible speech as well as serious accusations of "Jewface."

Have a look at the trailer below:

Taking to Twitter, better known now as X, fans expressed their dislike for Cooper's performance.

"The mumbling maestro," one fan wrote on the social media platform. "So dull and so hard to hear the convos when he and his wife are talking over each other and his deep mumble Ugh. Turned off after an hour."

"Either I am going deaf or Maestro was a whole lot of mumbling," another added.

A third also slammed the movie, calling it "awful" before adding: "...I love Bradley Cooper and Matt Bomer but there was so much mumbling and over talking I couldn't make it past 30 minutes, which includes 25 minutes of forcing myself to give it a chance."

Prior to the speech scandal, Cooper was also crucified for the use of a prosthetic nose in order to give a more "accurate" portrayal of the famous composer.

"Just looked up a picture of the real leonard bernstein... the big antisemitic prosthetic nose on bradley cooper was definitely not necessary..." tweeted one user.

"There's a scene in maestro where they're lying down and the way the lighting is happening you can tell that bradley cooper is wearing a nose prosthetic and it's so obvious because it's a different skin color than his face cause he's tan as s*** ????" added this X user.

And this user couldn't help point out: "bradley cooper is putting himself in an insanely large prosthetic nose to play a jewish man in maestro and we’re all just supposed to act like that’s cool and normal?"

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Carey Mulligan and Bradley Cooper attend Netflix's "Maestro" Los Angeles Photo Call. Credit: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/Getty

In response to the backlash, Cooper himself spoke out on the decision to include the prosthetic nose, during an interview on CBS Mornings.

"I thought, 'Maybe we don’t need to do it,'" he said. "But it’s all about balance, and, you know, my lips are nothing like Lenny’s, and my chin. And so we had that, and it just didn’t look right [without the prosthetic].

"So when he’s young we have a prosthetic here, and it just moves out, so by the time he’s older, it’s the whole face. So we just had to do it; otherwise, I wouldn’t believe he’s a human being," he added, motioning to his face.

Cooper was also backed by Bernstein's family also spoke out in a statement posted to social media.

"It happens to be true that Leonard Bernstein had a nice, big nose. Bradley chose to use make-up to amplify his resemblance, and we're perfectly fine with that," the statement read. "Any strident complaints around this issue strike us above all as disingenuous attempts to bring a successful person down a notch."

And just to double down on the stance, Anti-Defamation League (ADL) also shared a message of support via a statement provided to Variety.

"Throughout history, Jews were often portrayed in antisemitic films and propaganda as evil caricatures with large, hooked noses," the organization said. "This film, which is a biopic on the legendary conductor Leonard Bernstein, is not that."

Maestro is now available stream on Netflix.

Featured Image Credit: Tommaso Boddi/Golden Globes 2024/Getty

Netflix viewers slam Bradley Cooper's 'mumbling Maestro' as movie faces more criticism

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By Nasima Khatun

Article saved!Article saved!

It has only been a few weeks since Bradley Cooper's Maestro hit Netflix and let's just say, it has not received the best reception from viewers.

Fans have taken to social media to beg the 49-year-old actor to speak up a little after watching his performance portraying Leonard Bernstein, a famous, Jewish composer.

The movie, described by Netflix as "a love letter to life and art," revolves around the relationship between Bernstein and his wife Felicia Montealegre (played by Carey Mulligan).

However, ever since the release of the movie's official trailer back in August last year, Cooper has been subjected to intense backlash for a handful of reasons including his incomprehensible speech as well as serious accusations of "Jewface."

Have a look at the trailer below:

Taking to Twitter, better known now as X, fans expressed their dislike for Cooper's performance.

"The mumbling maestro," one fan wrote on the social media platform. "So dull and so hard to hear the convos when he and his wife are talking over each other and his deep mumble Ugh. Turned off after an hour."

"Either I am going deaf or Maestro was a whole lot of mumbling," another added.

A third also slammed the movie, calling it "awful" before adding: "...I love Bradley Cooper and Matt Bomer but there was so much mumbling and over talking I couldn't make it past 30 minutes, which includes 25 minutes of forcing myself to give it a chance."

Prior to the speech scandal, Cooper was also crucified for the use of a prosthetic nose in order to give a more "accurate" portrayal of the famous composer.

"Just looked up a picture of the real leonard bernstein... the big antisemitic prosthetic nose on bradley cooper was definitely not necessary..." tweeted one user.

"There's a scene in maestro where they're lying down and the way the lighting is happening you can tell that bradley cooper is wearing a nose prosthetic and it's so obvious because it's a different skin color than his face cause he's tan as s*** ????" added this X user.

And this user couldn't help point out: "bradley cooper is putting himself in an insanely large prosthetic nose to play a jewish man in maestro and we’re all just supposed to act like that’s cool and normal?"

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Carey Mulligan and Bradley Cooper attend Netflix's "Maestro" Los Angeles Photo Call. Credit: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/Getty

In response to the backlash, Cooper himself spoke out on the decision to include the prosthetic nose, during an interview on CBS Mornings.

"I thought, 'Maybe we don’t need to do it,'" he said. "But it’s all about balance, and, you know, my lips are nothing like Lenny’s, and my chin. And so we had that, and it just didn’t look right [without the prosthetic].

"So when he’s young we have a prosthetic here, and it just moves out, so by the time he’s older, it’s the whole face. So we just had to do it; otherwise, I wouldn’t believe he’s a human being," he added, motioning to his face.

Cooper was also backed by Bernstein's family also spoke out in a statement posted to social media.

"It happens to be true that Leonard Bernstein had a nice, big nose. Bradley chose to use make-up to amplify his resemblance, and we're perfectly fine with that," the statement read. "Any strident complaints around this issue strike us above all as disingenuous attempts to bring a successful person down a notch."

And just to double down on the stance, Anti-Defamation League (ADL) also shared a message of support via a statement provided to Variety.

"Throughout history, Jews were often portrayed in antisemitic films and propaganda as evil caricatures with large, hooked noses," the organization said. "This film, which is a biopic on the legendary conductor Leonard Bernstein, is not that."

Maestro is now available stream on Netflix.

Featured Image Credit: Tommaso Boddi/Golden Globes 2024/Getty