Rhythm, Passion and Blood.

Rating: 10/10 (14 November 2014)

There has been an incredible amount of movies about kids who are following their dreams and have a tough couch that they hate. This formula has become quite cliché, luckily, Whiplash escapes it.
Ernest Hemingway once said about his profession, that "There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." This line, thought directed at his job as an author, is, in fact, applied to life. The movie's main character has this perfectly applied to his talents. He isn't a Mozart, who was born with the incredible gift to perform as musician. He, as most out there, had to become a good player through practice: Sitting down at the drums and bleeding.
Thought there are a certain number of characters who play an important part in it (such as the ones played by Paul Reiser or Melissa Benoist), the movie truly goes around Andrew and Fletcher, who receive tremendously incredible performance from Miles Teller and J.K. Simmons.
In fact, the entire crew did a good job with this movie and, exactly because of this, it is one of thee single greatest masterpieces of the year.
For anyone who decided to follow something that matters for themselves, ignoring how profitable it must be, this movie will captivate you. For anyone who has a passion towards jazz, the drums or simply music, this movie will captivate you. For anyone who simply loves movies, with well done shots and a good screenplay, this movie will captivate you.