Release : 15 October 2014
Rating : 8.5/10
Genre : Drama, Music
Runtime : 1h 47min
Starring : Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist
Story : Whiplash is the best sort of jazz. Directed by then-29-year-old Damien Chazelle, the film is uncompromisingly focused, absurdly precise, and honest to its core. Chazelle could have made the movie twice as long, but crucially, he knows leaving out two or three good notes is far better than letting in a single bad one.
At the outset, we meet Andrew (Miles Teller), an 18-year-old drummer at America’s most prestigious jazz institution, Shaffer Conservatory of Music (read: Juilliard). He’s got a bit of charm, a sense of entitlement, and a quiet streak of self-absorption—in other words, he’s an American college student. He soon meets Fletcher (J.K. Simmons, who won an Oscar for the role), the irascible band director as brilliant as he is violent-tempered. The two form a quick bond, with one helping of mutual respect and three or four helpings of swearwords, disappointments and physical abuse.
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