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Whiplash

2014

Damien Chazelle

Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist, Paul Reiser ...

7.8

66,779

Drama An ambitious, talented young drummer (Miles Teller) enters a prestigious music academy to fulfill his dream of becoming one of the greatest known drummers of all time. He's initially ecstatic when Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), a harsh, ruthless but highly respected instructor chooses him for the school's jazz band. Determined to make Fletcher respect him, he works tirelessly but when Fletcher fails to recognize his potential and violently ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Damien Chazelle stages S&M drum duels with strafing mastery. And Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons will blow you away. Beat the drums for a Simmons Oscar, and add a cymbal crash for 'Whiplash'. It's electrifying! (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy The Hollywood Reporter	"Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons go toe-to-toe in a potent drama about an ambitious young drummer and his abusive teacher."	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"Chazelle proves an exceptional builder of scenes (...) that grab our attention (...) thanks largely to co-star J.K. Simmons."	POS
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"Music instruction and combat are rarely linked in movies, and particularly not in the singularly riveting way they come together in 'Whiplash'. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Kyle Smith New York Post	"The film is gripping, funny and inspiring."	POS
United Kingdom	Henry Barnes The Guardian	"It's rare to see a film about music that professes its love for the music and its characters equally. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"It may get a few things wrong, but it aims at, and finally achieves, an authenticity at once more exalted and more primal than mere verisimilitude."	POS

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