Pablo Larraín's latest biographical feature, 'Maria' sees Angelina Jolie soar as opera legend, Maria Callas... and the movie's climbing the Netflix chart.

Angelina Jolie plays Maria Callas as the opera star re-examines her life in her final days in Pablo Larrain's Netflix biopic "Maria."

But even when taking all of that into account, his latest biopic “Maria” mostly consists of just vibes, making for a flimsy story and deflating experience. Over three films, “Jackie,” “Spencer” — and now “Maria,

Angelina Jolie has been a celebrated actor for decades. She is famous for both her on and off-screen life, as she was in a high-profile relationship with actor and former Mr. and Mrs. Smith co-star Brad Pitt for over a decade.

Angelina Jolie at least brings passion to Pablo Larraín's Netflix Maria Callas biopic "Maria," a far cry from the brilliant "Jackie" and "Spencer."

Little unknown facts like this would have made Maria¸the lushly visual but dramatically listless biopic about her life by Chilean director Pablo Larraín, a more revealing and entertaining movie. Mr. Larrain has done the same “poor me” job on two previous bloated bios of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Princess Diana,