Whiplash streaming on Netflix, Digi Mart USA News (United States): It sounds simple enough when you’re told to try to keep your tempo. Yet the consequences of failing to do so can seem more terrifying than you might imagine.
Chasing your dreams and the pursuit of greatness come with pressure, and Damien Chazelle offered a far darker take on that idea in one of the most intense psychological dramas of the 2010s.
Chazelle’s 2014 film Whiplash has arrived on Netflix in the United States, joining the streaming service on November 1. The film earned matching 94% critics’ and audience scores on Rotten Tomatoes and won three Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actor for J.K.
Simmons, whose performance as an abusive music instructor became instantly iconic.
Miles Teller stars as Andrew Neiman, an ambitious young jazz drummer determined to rise to the top of his elite East Coast music conservatory. Haunted by the failed writing career of his father, Andrew hungers day and night to become one of the greats.
Terence Fletcher, an instructor known as much for his teaching talent as for his terrifying methods, leads the school’s top jazz ensemble.
When Fletcher discovers Andrew, he transfers the aspiring drummer into his band, changing the young man’s life forever. Andrew’s passion for perfection quickly spirals into obsession as his ruthless teacher pushes him to the brink of both his ability and his sanity.
The cast also includes Paul Reiser as Jim Neiman, Melissa Benoist as Nicole, Austin Stowell as Ryan Connolly, Nate Lang as Carl Tanner, Chris Mulkey as Uncle Frank, and Damon Gupton as Mr. Kramer.
Produced for approximately $3.3 million, Whiplash has earned $41.4 million worldwide, including subsequent theatrical engagements, and has become a widely memed film.
Whiplash is now streaming on Netflix in the United States.
