Whiplash

2014 Directed by Damien Chazelle

The road to greatness can take you to the edge.

Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

Miles Teller J.K. Simmons Paul Reiser Melissa Benoist Austin Stowell Nate Lang Jayson Blair Kavita Patil Chris Mulkey Damon Gupton Suanne Spoke Max Kasch Charlie Ian Kofi Siriboe C.J. Vana Tarik Lowe Tyler Kimball Rogelio Douglas Jr. Adrian Burks Joseph Bruno Michael D. Cohen Jocelyn Ayanna Keenan Henson Janet Hoskins April Grace Clifton 'Fou Fou' Eddie Calvin C. Winbush Marcus Henderson Tony Baker Show All…

Alternative Titles

Whiplash: Música y obsesión, Whiplash 2 - Em Busca da Perfeição, Whiplash, Música y Obsesión, Whiplash - Zum Erfolg getrieben, Whiplash - Musica y obsesion, 위 플래쉬, 위플래쉬

music drama

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Popular reviews

Review by Laura Raud ★★★★★ 7

My mind exploded watching this movie.
My heart is still pounding.
My body is still shivering.
I saw Whiplash almost 24 hours ago.
Review by Todd Gaines ★★★★★ 104

Damien Chezelle's tale of a boy, his drums, and a teacher that speaks ever so loudly, and carries the biggest stick of badass this side of the Academy Awards, in one of the most heart pounding cardiac arrest breathtaking intense movies I've ever seen. The opening beat. The opening shot. The first time J.K. Simmons speaks. Groovy funky jazzy music makes all movies better. RIFIFI is the shit. Carter Burke? I knew Miles Teller was going to be special after watching Footloose. If you play the drums long enough, you might start sweating like a pig. Could you imagine J.K. Simmons at band camp? Hot ladies that tell jokes are the best. Alarm clocks can be the motherfucker. Milk the…
Review by Jonathan White ★★★★★ 107

Before my parents married, my father was studying to be a concert pianist at the Canadian Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto; the upper echelon of musical academies up here in the Great White North. Before that, while still at home in New Brunswick, he would spend his weekends playing in a swing dance band; This is where he met my mum. He spent his weekday evenings practicing at home.
My grandfather, a colonel in the Canadian army, advocated his 7 children play instruments; violin or piano strongly encouraged. A well rounded individual required musical training. A proper career, in his view, consisted of military, medicine, or theology tracts. My Uncles Paul, Emery, and Ernie became Medical Doctors. My Aunt…
Review by Lucy ★★★★★ 2

when potato boy punch the drum 😩👌
Review by suzie fahrenheit tepes ★★★★★ 3

i had a dream that j.k. simmons yelled at me and i woke up crying
Review by brat pitt ★★★★★ 4

past me only gave this 4 1/2 stars i'm about to throw a goddamn cymbal at her head

Recent reviews

Review by Wethlone ★★★★

Release the cgi auburn wig on JK Simmons cut
Review by anniesully ★★★★

This is a really great movie. Two great performances from J.K. Simmons and Miles Teller.
Review by BurgerQueen ★★★

不评论。
Review by titomendez42 ★★★★★

I’ve seen this film 3 different times and I haven’t gotten tired of it in the slightest. J. K. Simmons is amazing and I would most definitely not want to get on his bad side. I’d consider this film a masterpiece and highly recommend everyone watch it.
Review by christineautor ★★★

feel good feel good lang
Review by leandro_paragas ★★★★★

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Whiplash is fucking incredible.
Honestly, I do not understand how perfect everything is. It's Fletcher level perfection. Everything just comes together and works so beautifully. I love how sporadic and intense the direction is whilst how much it relies on the music to keep it going.
Never does the movie let you rest. It is fueled by music. A perfect example is the scene in which Andrew plays Whiplash off by heart. The direction then was simple and it let the music intensify the scene.
Review by nshah9556 ★★★★★

This movie was 100000 times better than I remember and I already remember it being amazing. Everything from the cinematography, to the score, to the performances are perfect.
I can only imagine what it would’ve been like if my high school jazz band teacher was like fletcher.
Review by Derick ★★★★★

95/100
Freaking WOW
Review by MonoSloth ★★★★★

''Whiplash'' is an adrenaline ride and horror movie, just in the form of a Sundance indie. As a jazz student tests himself by going deeper and deeper into practice, his teacher still insists he's weak and bad. As the student goes to ever-greater lengths to be a great drummer, the film becomes a horror film. The student is falling down a deep, dark well and the audience can only watch in horror. One of the best films ever, basically.