The film received critical acclaim with praise for its screenplay, direction, film editing, sound mixing, and Teller and Simmons' performances. For his role of Terence Fletcher, Simmons won multiple awards for Best Supporting Actor category at the 87th Academy Awards, 68th British Academy Film Awards, 72nd Golden Globe Awards, 21st Screen Actors Guild Awards, and the 20th Critics' Choice Awards. "Whiplash" also won Best Film Editing, and Best Sound Mixing, and was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Picture.