Before carrying out the prestigious La La Land and the highly underrated Babylon, director Damien Chazelle had already proven to be a director to be reckoned with in Hollywood. He achieved this thanks to Whiplash, a 2014 film in which he brought together one of the best actors of his generation, Miles Teller, with a great performer who won the Oscar thanks to a unique character: J.K. Simmons.
Now, Whiplash has just arrived on your trusted streaming platform: Amazon Prime Video. The most used VOD service in countries like Spain has just added it to its catalog, offering a unique opportunity to watch this film that conquered both critics and audiences at the time.
The role that gave the Oscar to J.K. Simmons
Whiplash is a psychological drama that follows the intense relationship between Andrew Neiman (Miles Teller), an ambitious young jazz drummer, and Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), an extremely demanding music instructor at a prestigious music school in New York. Andrew yearns to become one of the best drummers in the world and is willing to sacrifice everything to achieve it, including his mental health and personal relationships.
The plot unfolds as Fletcher selects Andrew to be part of his elite band, where learning becomes a whirlwind of emotional and physical abuse. As Andrew struggles to meet Fletcher’s impossible expectations, his obsession with perfection pushes him to the brink of collapse.
Alongside Whiplash, Amazon Prime Video has added other new gems to its catalog. Among them are season 2 of Outer Range, the original movie The Idea of You, the exclusive series The Goat, and the third season of the thriller The Outlaws.
