Mr Clean's alter ego meets Little Drummer Boy

Rating: 2/10 (2 February 2015)

I never realized Mr Clean has an alter ego or maybe it's an evil twin found in Fletcher. And poor Little drummer boy Andrew - what a glutton for punishment or was it just his need for approval? Either way the black shirted Nazi drill Sargent Fletcher got his jollies dehumanizing pitiful little Andrew in class with some of the most low-brow inflamed language of hate.
The plot is simple. Little drummer boy Andrew wants to be a famous drummer in jazz (a music style nobody really listens to in the 21st Century) so off to a fancy music school he goes. The Nazi black shirted drill Sargent Fletcher pegs Andrew quickly as 'easy pick-ins' for his bubbling wrathful personality. This is most of the movie - Andrew covered in blood, sweat, and tears while Fletcher barks at him like a angry rottweiler. Finally Andrew has enough and has Nazi drill Sargent Fletcher ejected from the school. Little drummer boy gives up drumming.
Then little drummer boy Andrew hooks up with angry Nazi drill Sargent to play at Carnegie Hall. (At this point I was just laughing) The barking Fletcher uses this moment to humiliate Andrew again only this time in front of an audience! Little drummer boy wins Fletcher's affection by playing his drums so ferociously he's once again (for about the tenth time) covered in blood, sweat & tears. Fletcher smiles! The end.
This is a hopelessly boring movie - I felt sorry for Teller as he through himself into this no dimensional role of Andrew. As for Simmons - please stop with the cranial closeup shots - yuk!