Review of Whiplash (2014) by Scott R — 12 Jul 2017
One of the worst movies we've ever seen. Any great story needs to have characters that you actually care about and that you can relate to. But this story has nothing but a**holes as characters. Apparently, we're supposed to be rooting for the kid who wants to be a drummer, but he treats EVERYONE like crap -- he treats his family like crap, he treats his girlfriend like crap, he treats fellow students like crap.
He isn't nice to anybody the entire film. We also have no idea WHY he wants to be a drummer so badly -- we know literally NOTHING about him the entire film. Similarly, the teacher is portrayed as the worst human being on planet earth, so we obviously don't care about him either.
Therefore, we're left with a movie about 2 a**holes competing to be the biggest a**hole. It's really surprising that such an unlikeable and terrible film got such rave reviews, but that just shows you that Americans can no longer distinguish good films from bad films anymore.
This review of Whiplash (2014) was written by Scott R on 12 Jul 2017.
Whiplash has generally received very positive reviews.
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