Meghan McCain slams Bradley Cooper's “Maestro” in Oscars tirade: 'Who are these movies for?'

The former "View" cohost went off on awards season movies after admitting she struggled to get through Cooper's Leonard Bernstein biopic.

Meghan McCain's views on this year's Oscars offerings are as prickly as the spines on her iconic pet cactus.

The 39-year-old political commentator, former View cohost, and captain of the Chuck E. Cheese terror watch squad took aim at director-star Bradley Cooper's critically lauded Leonard Bernstein biopic Maestro over the holiday break, slamming the movie as difficult to sit through.

"Watched Maestro last night and….I could barely get through it. I’m frustrated I wasted what little free time I have open at night (with 2 young kids) watching it," the conservative pundit tweeted Wednesday, taking aim at Hollywood's annual awards offerings at 7:51 a.m. "Why are so many Oscar buzz movies like this and so disappointing? Who are these movies for?"

McCain's replies were filled with others agreeing that the movie felt tedious, though others pushed back against the sentiment.

"Shorter version: I don't understand art at all," one user responded, while another called Maestro — which follows Bernstein's complicated love story with his wife, Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan), as well as same-sex partners — an "artistic movie for the Hollywood Elite."

Despite McCain's distaste, Maestro, Cooper, and Mulligan have earned glowing reviews from movie critics, thus far steamrolling the pre-Oscars circuit with multiple nominations from awards bodies like the Golden Globes, Critics Choice Awards, and more.

Maestro isn't the only project to come under fire from McCain in recent weeks, as the late senator John McCain's daughter spoke out against The View panelist Ana Navarro following what McCain perceived to be an on-air slight against her, despite Navarro not naming her.

Maestro is now streaming on Netflix. Read McCain's criticism of the new movie above.

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