Whiplash

Another Screen Unseen movie at my local Odeon... And another cracker.

This isn't due out until January 16th next year so this is six weeks before official release.

OK, brief synopsis. Young, talented jazz drummer (Miles Teller) joins a music college where he is mentored by..... well, a nutter basically (J.K.Simmons) who will stop at nothing to get the best out of his pupils..

I was blown away.. It's another occasion where I see a film I wouldn't normally pay to see.. This works well with Cineworld because I don't pay for to see any of the films there, but at £5 I'm willing to put myself in the capable hands of the Odeon group. Both leads were outstanding (Mr Simmons line in insults were particularly amusing!) and the film was riveting right to the end.. This together with Nightcrawler goes to show that Odeon are on to a good thing with their Screen Unseen. Whether or not they can maintain this quality remains to be seen, but I'm willing to go along with it for now.

I'll be very surprised if this film isn't drowned in awards come next year..

Overall a resounding **** stars (I'm tempted to go ****1/2... We'll see...)

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