The Maestro

Still, amid the glorious music, the fine period re-creation and burnished photography, the emotionally sound portrayal of artistic endeavor and that award-worthy turn by Berkeley, "The Maestro" often scores.

A respectable low-key tribute to the talented composer...

The earnest but very modest pic will play best with film-score buffs, though most in that community will wish for a bigger focus (or any, really) on their heroes.

Upbeat... with great attention to details.

I have to do this

The student-teacher dynamic here is intriguing -- and not in the obvious way.