Andrew (Miles Teller), a promising 19-year-old drummer at a cutthroat Manhattan music conservatory, has little interest in being just a musician. Haunted by his father’s failed writing career and plagued with the fear that mediocrity just might be genetic, Andrew dreams of greatness. Determined not to follow in his father’s footsteps, he practices daily until his hands literally bleed. The pressure of success ratchets into high gear when he is picked to join the school band led by the infamous Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), a brutally savage music instructor who will stop at nothing to realise a student’s potential. Under Fletcher’s ruthless direction, Andrew begins to pursue perfection at any cost – even his humanity.
Written and directed by Damien Chazelle, Whiplash nabbed the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance earlier this year, and has been garnering rave reviews ever since. Expect to see it on many ‘Best of’ lists at the end of the year.
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