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Whiplash
Directed by
Damien Chazelle
R
2014
1h 47m
Drama
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Music
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8.5
94%
94%
8.4
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A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential.
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Cast of Whiplash
Miles Teller
Andrew
J.K. Simmons
Fletcher
Paul Reiser
Jim
Melissa Benoist
Nicole
Austin Stowell
Ryan
Nate Lang
Carl
Chris Mulkey
Uncle Frank
Damon Gupton
Mr. Kramer
Suanne Spoke
Aunt Emma
Max Kasch
Dorm Neighbor
Charlie Ian
Dustin
Jayson Blair
Travis
Kofi Siriboe
Bassist (Nassau)
Kavita Patil
Assistant - Sophie
C.J. Vana
Metz
Tarik Lowe
Pianist (Studio Band)
Tyler Kimball
Saxophonist #2 (Studio Band)
Rogelio Douglas Jr.
Trumpeter #1 (Studio Band)
Adrian Burks
Trumpeter #2 (Studio Band)
Calvin C. Winbush
Saxophonist (Studio Band)
Whiplash Ratings & Reviews
Reel Talk Online
Candice Frederick
The film has potential, but ultimately there's more bark than bite.
IndieWire
Emma Myers
Revealing both the dangers and payoffs of artistic ambition, Whiplash is sure to establish Chazelle as a directorial force to be reckoned with.
Flavorwire
Jason Bailey
It's a thorny, thoughtful movie that asks provocative questions and isn't cocky enough to boast of knowing the answers.
Grantland
Wesley Morris
The movie swings - physically, musically, psychologically, racially.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
It would be an insult to call Chazelle a "promising" filmmaker, as this movie doesn't indicate mere potential - it is evidence of authentic, sometimes blazing talent.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
Such a cooked-up piece of claptrap that I half expected Darth Vader to pick up the baton.
Detroit News
Tom Long
'Whiplash' is electric from beginning to end, a musical story of obsession, frustration and outright cruelty built on two knockout performances.
Film Comment Magazine
Chris Norris
Once it hits its stride, Whiplash gets so many things so right it starts to feel like the perfect-ten Ellington rendition its elite big bands play in the big competition.
Us Weekly
Mara Reinstein
Movies set in a Juilliard-like music school aren't supposed to make your heart race in nervous anticipation. Yet that's exactly why this taut drama rates as one of the year's best.
Newsday
Rafer Guzman
Primarily two actors and a jazz score, but the result is a crackling good drama that feels almost like a thriller. Smart, stylish and intense.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
The film works, often wonderfully, as a remarkable visualization of jazz music - you feel it and breathe it, just like the musicians - and as a showcase for the two actors at its center.
Austin Chronicle
Kimberley Jones
The leads' prolonged, puffed-feathers sparring is entertaining while it lasts, but the sensation of something sizable is only fleeting.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Calvin Wilson
Ultimately, "Whiplash" isn't just about jazz - and it's not necessary to be a fan of the music to enjoy the film - but about life.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
It's as much a horror movie as it is a keenly realized indie about jazz, about art, about what it takes to claim greatness.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
[Simmons gives] a crisp and nasty performance. The bullied submit, eyes cast down, relieved when they're not the target of his hectoring. His insults are torn from the misogynistic, homophobic playbook.
Dallas Morning News
Chris Vognar
Whiplash darts along at an urgent bebop pace and asks questions applicable to most fields: How much are you willing to endure for the chance to be great? And what if cruelty isn't a better motivator than kindness?
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Oh, yes. It's that good.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com
Cary Darling
Whiplash is, at best, heightened realism. There's no way that Fletcher could have gotten away with his teaching methods without serious legal - or physical - pushback long before Andrew comes along. But, as drama, it's a crackling good time.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
Simmons is always good. Here, he is great. His brilliant performance is, if not the single best of the year, certainly among them.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
At its best, "Whiplash" conveys with pungent detail the striving of young people eager to make their bones in a Manhattan that's as foul and forbidding as it is seductive.
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