Miles Teller

The film’s impeccable emotional truth and delicate touches of black humor owe in equal part to screenwriter, director and stars.

A mature film about immature people, tenderly performed by its young leads and skillfully adapted, by (500) Days of Summer screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, from Tim Tharp's YA novel.

An indie Amadeus...it's the career-best performances by Simmons and Teller...that make Whiplash unforgettable.

Captures something of runaway modern greed, played out as a bro movie from bro stars and a bro filmmaker...[but] might have been a fresh classic of political satire instead of a crime comedy that plays as sub-Scorsesean riff.

An old-fashioned action-adventure story with star performances, given a sacred tinge by its real-life roots.