"Good Job"

Rating: 9/10 (21 June 2015)

Whiplash is a powerful film that tests the boundaries of how to treat adolescents. Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons) is an instructor of the at a conservatory and is notorious for being one of the most hated teachers. Andrew (Miles Teller) is a student who aims to be one of the best jazz drummers and to one day play at Carnegie Hall.
Fletcher takes the complete opposite view of Robin Williams character in Good Will Hunting and pushes his students well past the breaking point. Andrew is determined to prove himself and tests himself again and again past the breaking point as the film goes on.
Director and Writer Damien Chazelle made a short film by the same name and was given the backing to make it in to this feature length film. It is a good thing too, because from the script to the editing this is a film that gets it right. And the music is absolutely superb.
I say "good job" in spite of Fletcher's position on this term to everyone involved in this production. This is a film to remember and definitely one not to miss.