What are you... there's no fn Mars Bar down there, what are you looking at? Look up here, look at me.

Rating: 3/10 (6 December 2018)

Whiplash is a messed up film, though not dull.
I like the style of film in dealing with its subject matter, but I don't see how anyone could love it. A lot like "The Competition" with Richard Dreyfuss, though not good. The characters are complete a-holes, the fact that people could act this way with impunity is ridiculous. For Fletcher to get Andrew to be the drummer in the performance at the end makes no sense, as it would reflect poorly on him and there would be life altering repercussions if it didn't work out like it did. Then for Andrew to get up and come back, you'd have to be dragged away to let Fletcher get away with it. The audacity of Andrew to ask the girl out knowing he's a complete a-hole, to then break it off after putting her in that position, to then have the gall to call her later to ask her to go to his performance. How the hell can anyone write this crap? Serial killers have been nicer than this.