A perfect semplicity

Rating: 9/10 (24 July 2019)

"Whiplash" is an excellent movie, dense and captivating that is definitely worth watching. I want to start mentioning the superbe work from J.K. Simmons and Myles Teller because I feel they did great and surely the final movie wouldn't be so good without them. In general the entire cast was good but the movie is heavy centred around the two actors previously mentioned. But the real "x-factor" is Damien Chazelle who wrote a great screenplay and then thanks to an energetic and electric direction he involves the wathcers into this story. This is about the psychological fight between a drum student (Teller) and his professor (Simmons) and it isn't something intricated or difficult. Indeed is simple but it is executed so well, with a great characterisation of the protagonists, that this semplicity becomes a plus. And finally since this film is about music the score and the jazz songs present in the movie are really important and even in this aspect the quality is really high.
In conlusion "Whiplash" is the triumph of the careful semplicity, of the passion to telling small stories that speaks to the audiences.