For the record, Metz wasn't out of tune. You were, Erickson, but he didn't know and that's bad enough.

Rating: 9/10 (23 May 2018)

SPOILER: J.K. Simmons richly deserved his Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing Terence Fletcher, a jazz teacher at a prestigious music conservatory called Shaffer in New York City. When Andrew Neiman, a promising drum player, joins the studio band for competitions. He is pressured by his teacher to perform for excellence. Terence Fletcher is one of those teachers who can inspire and terrify you all at once. He is also abusive to his band of students. His relationship with Andrew is quite complex. The film is quite dark sometimes with lighting and scenery. Andrew goes to great lengths to arrive at a competition. The film is about Andrew proving himself to Fletcher as a musician and seeking his approval.