This looks good, but has just a hint of Netflix “blank check” indulgence filmmaking.

Cooper got the externals right, although the fake nose is drawing some unwanted attention.

I noticed it, but it doesn’t scream “inaccurate” to me and doesn’t make the character or actor playing him less attractive. I watched Lennie on TV growing up and this seems a decent approximation. He struck me on “Young People’s Concerts” as a handsome version of a favorite character actor of my childhood, Hans Conried.

But I’m not Jewish so we’ll see how this plays out.

The public image of “Lenny” had “ebullient” and “mercurial” and “genius” attached to it. Did Cooper get there? Will the picture be under three hours long?

November in theaters, and then streaming.