130 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Oct 12, 2026 · last updated Oct 13, 2026 · How this works
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Counted from the reviewers’ own 0–10 ratings on the 9 rated TMDB user reviews we collected (7–10 positive, 5–6 mixed, 0–4 negative), not by the AI.
Many viewers praise the intense performances, especially J.K. Simmons' Oscar-winning role. [1][2][3] Some find the film's depiction of abuse and obsession disturbing or unrealistic. [4][5][6] A few viewers see the film as a horror movie or a critique of toxic mentorship. [5][7][8]
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"There are no two words in the English language more harmful than good job". Whiplash follows are main character Andrew Neyman who is a young jazz drummer, single-minded in his pursuit to rise to the top of his elite east coast music conservatory. Plagued by the failed writing career of his father, Andrew hungers day and night to become one of the greats. Terence Fletcher, an instructor equally known for his …
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Whiplash grips its audience from start to finish with a remarkable awe-inspiring performance by J. K. Simmons. BRUTAL! Whiplash is a savage film with mind-blowing career-defining performances, interesting storytelling, and palpable oppressive anxiety. J. K. Simmons didn’t deserve an Oscar for this movie… he deserved all the Oscars. I was in awe of the intensity and cruelty Simmons unleashed throughout the film while …
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The critics bestowed upon this film almost unanimous praise, yet some were quick to bemoan it as “overrated”. It’s the same old story. And while sometimes the “bemoaners” may be right, this time it is just proof that they are mostly wrong. Whiplash is utterly fantastic, entertaining and yet somehow brutal and harrowing at the same time. We watch in fascinated horror as Miles Teller’s character ascends, descends and …
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Fantastic movie with a good cast with an impressive Miles Teller and a yet even more impressive J.K. Simmons. Decent script, great directing, selection of the repertoire and performances. Just sit down, get a good audio system and enjoy one of the best movies of the 2010s.
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DISGUSTING NONSENSE... This review may contain spoilers I find it very sad that so many people - including so-called professional reviewers - have rated this crap so highly. I did not walk out (although I was greatly tempted to do so) but saw it to the end. A total waste of time. Here's what might spoil it for you, should you believe the BS that's being spread around this stinking pile of excrement: It could have …
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Critics, per Wikipedia
In North America, Whiplash opened in a limited release on October 10, 2014, in six theaters, grossing $135,388 ($22,565 per theater) and finishing 34th at the box office. It expanded to 88 locations, then 419 locations. After three months on release, it had earned $7 million, and finally expanded nationwide to 1000 locations to capitalize on receiving five Academy Awards nominations. As of October 3, 2024, Whiplash grossed $14 million in the U.S. and Canada and $36.3 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $50.4 million against a budget of $3.3 million. On the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, Whiplash scored 94% based on 304 reviews, with an average rating of…
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neutral · AI labelView post →Whiplash is a fantasy movie set in a magical realm where there’s such a thing as jazz school
neutral · AI labelView post →Great movie, it's Whiplash but also Azumanga Daioh
positive · AI labelView post →I feel like if I were the kid in the movie Whiplash, it’d take about 3 minutes in there with JK Simmons until I started secretly recording him with my phone, and it would be about 12 hours after that that I sued the university for $8 million and lived happily the rest of my life.
neutral · AI labelView post →Whiplash. An absolutely incredibly-made movie that made me anxious and uncomfortable enough that I think I will never watch it again.
positive · AI labelView post →Whiplash is actually a movie about the failure of university administration to do its primary job of managing faculty. JK Simmons isn’t the real villain of the movie. The real villain is whomever is the Dean of the College of Music and Arts at Shaker University.
neutral · AI labelView post →Jaafar Jackson says he watched ‘WHIPLASH’ a lot when preparing to play Michael Jackson in ‘MICHAEL’. “There were times where I’d put ‘Whiplash’ on in my process because I always felt a lot of motivation from that film.”
neutral · AI labelView post →The thing about Nancy Mace is senate campaign and office staffers, even the real psychos, generally have actual self respect and prospects and are not going to sign up to have her do the movie Whiplash to them
neutral · AI labelView post →You know how some "romance" movies are actually horror movies that don't realize they're horror movies? Whiplash (2014) is a horror movie about two narcissists on the verge of killing each other that THINKS it's some kind of inspirational drama
negative · AI labelView post →movies we’ve covered so far at GOOD MOVIE Seven Kill Bill Love & Basketball The Departed Jurassic Park Whiplash Road House if you subscribe today you get access to all the essays and all the videos reading is fun again ⤵️⤵️⤵️
neutral · AI labelView post →Whiplash (2014) Directed by Damien Chazelle
neutral · AI labelView post →Like this post if you also have a cat whose comfort movie is Whiplash! 🩵
neutral · AI labelView post →Of course Ramaswamy thinks Whiplash is an uplifting movie about an inspirational teacher who gets results
neutral · AI labelView post →Love watching WHIPLASH, a movie that says destroying every personal relationship in the pursuit of excellence is a good idea and people should do it.
negative · AI labelView post →I started crying really unexpectedly at that phone call. Whiplash but in a good way. The whole movie resets and we move forward from a whole different place
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching: I'll be honest, I'll watch JK Simmons in just about anything; I feel like he's my spirit animal. #MovieSky #FilmSky #JazzSky #Whiplash
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched Whiplash while on vacation, cause I usually like stories about people pushing themselves for a grand ambition But it… fucking sucked? Like, I can’t believe people liked that film? Even putting aside how it delighted in abuse and hurling slurs The writing was just so cartoonish, 0 subtlety
negative · AI labelView post →Last day off, after some Pokémon Potokia sitting down to watch a movie I have heard of but know very little about in 2014's Whiplash. D: Damien Chazelle and starring J.K. Simmons. #Filmsky #Netflix
neutral · AI labelView post →"Whiplash" is a fantastic film, except for the fact it's set in the world of jazz music, which nobody gives a shit about, lowering the stakes considerably.
neutral · AI labelView post →Lately I've seen a few things that make me think other people took different things away from the movie "Whiplash" than I did. Like, the movie isn't simply *against* obsessive training for excellence and cruel teaching to bring it out, but it sure isn't simply *for* them either.
neutral · AI labelView post →if any of y’all wanna Whiplash before next friday’s GOOD MOVIE it’s available on netflix
neutral · AI labelView post →I always bring up WHIPLASH as a movie that was criticized for having two white leads that becomes (fairly or not) a very different movie and one that gets interpreted through an exclusively racial lens, if the either or both of the leads are not white
neutral · AI labelView post →"Get serious about your career here at Hollywood Video" is an incredibly funny line. Like a Whiplash-style movie, JK Simmons fuckin hollering at you over whether you're pushing the Kitkats.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm finally about to watch whiplash. I've had 5 mimosas and pulled out my french horn to butcher Strauss, which is what prompted my partner to initiate this viewing. My entire knowledge of this film comes from regularly performing in my sketch troupe's "Whiplash Jr" sketch. Wish me luck.
neutral · AI labelView post →New Projector review! Orlando Bloom pushes himself to the limit - and beyond - in The Cut, that's like Whiplash if it was set in boxing (and wasn't really about that) and you replaced J.K. Simmons with John Turturro. But while Bloom's at career best, the film is not a knockout. youtu.be/U7ISNKmpf7I
neutral · AI labelView post →NW: Whiplash It's my son's turn to pick for family movie night. I'm kind of into a mean JK Simmons, I don't know.
neutral · AI labelView post →The real message of the movie 'Whiplash' is that anyone who is too passionate about any one specific thing is a terrible person unworthy of love
negative · AI labelView post →the movie Whiplash but its about training an assassin
neutral · AI labelView post →I appreciate the Whiplash hatred here. I hated that movie. Yes, the editing was good. But if everyone is going to be aggressively unlikable, the plot needs to at least be interesting.
negative · AI labelView post →What's that Tom Cruise film called? Whiplash Beer in collab with 3Sons Brewing Co. Dying Again Export Stout. Cheers all. #BSkyBeer
neutral · AI labelView post →Whiplash is such a great movie, the way you interpret the ending of it really does speak volumes of the interpreter's own values. Two more movie recommendations for your weekend viewing: the lighthouse and 12 angry men
unlabelledView post →Bringing children up watching Whiplash? I hate that film with an unremitting passion.
unlabelledView post →#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge 2/6 - a song with the same title as a movie, book or TV show Whiplash www.youtube.com/watch?v=beWv...
unlabelledView post →What's your favorite movie from every decade in your life? 80s: The Princess Bride 90s: Fargo 00s: Inglorious Basterds 10s: Whiplash 20s: The Bob’s Burgers Movie (there are better films, but it’s my comfort film and I’ve watched it so many times.)
unlabelledView post →Whiplash isn't a movie about music but it is a mech anime
unlabelledView post →If nobody else is gonna volunteer to interview Vivek Ramaswamy about the movie Whiplash..
unlabelledView post →MISSING THE POINT OF THE MOVIE WHIPLASH IS PRETTY CRAZY UNTIL YOU FIND OUT PEOPLE THINK ROBOCOP DOES NOT HAVE A POLITICAL MESSAGE.
unlabelledView post →TONAL WHIPLASH This fucking MOVIE, y'all
unlabelledView post →I don't immediately distrust people who love this movie, but what you get out of this movie says a LOT about you: Whiplash
unlabelledView post →this one stirred up alot of discussion so i'd like to reccomend some film/tv i really like! -Gravity Falls -Flow -Whiplash -Vengence Most Fowl -Bojack Horseman -Kinds of Kindness -Adventure Time -Terminator 1+2 -Grand Budapest Hotel -War of the Worlds (original one) -Nosferatu 2024
unlabelledView post →This is Whiplash (2014) (Doom is dragging btw, JK Namor is so good in that movie)
unlabelledView post →playstation game based on the 2014 film Whiplash
unlabelledView post →Ask me why I fucking hated Whiplash more than any movie in the last 20 years.
unlabelledView post →Pick a movie, keep one actor. The rest are muppets. "Whiplash" starring Animal. Keep JK Simmons.
unlabelledView post →What's a popular movie you've never seen? 🖤. Whiplash
unlabelledView post →the movie Whiplash but it's monkey ball speedrunning and Fletcher is a 6 foot tall butch woman
unlabelledView post →#NovemberMovieChallenge #MovieSky #FilmSky 14/11 ~ Music composed in a movie 🎬 Whiplash (2014)
unlabelledView post →adding the plot of the film "Whiplash" to the (very long) list of things Ramaswamy does not understand
unlabelledView post →I just rewatched Whiplash and, for me, it's a true masterpiece and one of the best ever. Some people see it as a film about jazz. It's about obsession, ambition, sacrifice, How much of our humanity are we willing to trade for greatness? If greatness demands everything, is it worth the price?
unlabelledView post →#AprilMovieChallenge #FilmSky 26: Jazz artist in a movie Whiplash - 2014
unlabelledView post →Whiplash is such a good movie but also so incredibly fucking stressful to watch
unlabelledView post →> I don’t ever see myself watching the show again. Maybe the first 3 seasons. Whiplash!
unlabelledView post →Ivy League-trained psychologist taking the same stance on "Good Job" as Fletcher from Whiplash - the film about control, manipulation and abuse doled out by people in positions of authority against their vulnerable underlings. So yeah seems like great parenting advice
unlabelledView post →My film class today informed me that I never want to watch "Whiplash" lol
unlabelledView post →#AugustMovieChallenge #FilmSky 29: Jazz music in a movie Whiplash - 2014
unlabelledView post →Whiplash. Incredible film, intense as hell, JK Simmons is a powerhouse. Absolutely gripping stuff. Gave me a panic attack, will never watch again lmao
unlabelledView post →Whiplash: cool movie!
unlabelledView post →not a film person but: 1993: The Wrong Trousers 2003: Goodbye Lenin 2013: Whiplash 2023: Barbie
unlabelledView post →Happy 12 years of Whiplash, That movie definitely blew me away and it really changed my life forever, as it dives deep into the difficult and creative process that comes with trying to be a talented musician and your obsession costing your goals and ambitions in life through psychological abuse.🔥🔥🔥
unlabelledView post →Visually and performance wise it was really good. I still feel a little let down though, like for a movie with this subject matter and with RobPat it should be way more intense. I wanted Whiplash or the Lighthouse levels of intensity, and it just wasnt there.
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