‘Maestro’ viewers refuse to finish film over Bradley Cooper’s performance flaw

Fans are begging Bradley Cooper to raise his pitch.

“Maestro” viewers slammed the actor-director’s performance in the musical biopic on social media, complaining that they couldn’t understand the film’s dialogue to Cooper’s “incessant mumbling.

“The mumbling maestro,” one fan wrote on X (formerly Twitter). “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.”

“Just watched ‘Maestro’ on Netflix. Mixed feelings but wish the diction had been more clear – much mumbling,” a second person wrote. “Trouble is cast and director live with and are familiar with the script but we only get one shot at comprehension. Good performances from Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan”

“Either I am going deaf or Maestro was a whole lot of mumbling,” a third user quipped.

A fourth user fumed that the film was filled with “incessant mumbling, poor dialogue” and it was “unwatchable.”

The Netflix film, which was released in December, tells the story of legendary “West Side Story” composer Leonard Bernstein (Cooper) and his relationship with Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein (Carey Mulligan).

Cooper, 49, has already weathered much criticism over the Oscar-contending film.

Prior to its release, the “Hangover” star was slammed for wearing a prosthetic nose which many people called a prime example of “Jewface.”

“If Bradley Cooper is able to play the Elephant Man without any prosthetics, he should be able to play a Jewish man without any need for prosthetics — especially a ‘Jewish’ nose,” Jewish actress Tracy-Ann Oberman, 57, told Page Six.

“If he needs to wear a prosthetic nose, then that is, to me and many others, the equivalent of Black-Face or Yellow-Face,” Oberman added.

Several other social media user also voiced their concerns in a crescendo of posts.

“Just looked up a picture of the real Leonard Bernstein…. the big antisemitic prosthetic nose on Bradley Cooper was definitely not necessary,” one angry user posted on X (formerly Twitter).

“Bradley Cooper still isn’t Jewish and he’s wearing a prosthetic nose that doesn’t even look like Bernstein’s nose and just like some stereotype,” tweeted another incensed person. “He’s using this bulls–t to win an Oscar.”

The film’s makeup artist Kazu Hiro later issued an apology.

“I wasn’t expecting it to happen,” Hiro, 54, told press at the Venice Film Festival of the accusations of antisemitism per Deadline. “I feel sorry if I hurt some people’s feelings. I wanted to portray Lenny as real as possible.”

“He’s photogenic and a great person, we wanted to respect and love that look,” continued the two-time Oscar winner. “We did several different tests. That was our [only] intention.”

Hiro later reiterated his statement to The Post saying he was sorry if he hurt anyone’s feelings.

Despite the scandal, Bernstein’s children — who attended the film’s premiere Saturday — stated their support for Cooper’s portrayal of their father, who died in 1990.

“We were touched to the core to witness the depth of his commitment, his loving embrace of our father’s music, and the sheer open-hearted joy he brought to his exploration,” Jamie, Alexander, and Nina Bernstein said in a statement shared on social media.

“It breaks our hearts to see any misrepresentations or misunderstandings of his efforts. It happens to be true that Leonard Bernstein had a nice, big nose. Bradley chose to use makeup to amplify his resemblance, and we’re perfectly fine with that.”

Bernstein’s kids need the statement saying that they believed their father “would have been fine with it as well.”

“Maestro,” which is nominated for several Golden Globes, is available to stream on Netflix.