Dont be alarmed at the presence of the dreaded Scum Bucket: For this weeks installment of At the Movies, Rolling Stone movie critic Peter Travers turns that cinematic crap receptacle into the Drum Bucket with his review ofDamien Chazelles directorial debut, music-dramaWhiplash. Travers is beating the drum for this movie, and hes confident everyone else will, too.
The film tells the story of Andrew (Miles Teller), a student jazz drummer who in his quest to become one of the all-time skin-pounding greats endures the physical and emotional wrath of Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), the worst teacher from hell ever. The plot is largely inspired byChazelles own experiences as a student drummer: It nearly killed him to do it, Travers says, but what were seeing is somebody learn through torture.
Travers says that Andrew (and, by extension, Teller) is willing to take more abuse than anybody Ive ever seen in a movie, adding up to actors best-ever performance. Meanwhile, playing a no-nonsense drum dictator, Simmons slips naturallyinto the role of his career one Travers predicts will earn an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
No doubt about it:Whiplashis sure to dazzle music lovers. But its core story a dreamer on a determined quest toward his destiny is universal.Even if you dont care about drumming, Travers says, even if you dont know what jazz drumming is and you should this movie will do it for you.
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