Whiplash
Movie • 2014 • Drama
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Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
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I may be stupid but isn't it sexist to have "woman" specified here and not "person"? Why can't a man (or non-binary) be brutalized for spectacle?
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The main character gets slapped many times and has various objects thrown at him. He's also forced to play his drums until his hands bleed.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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The problems with forgiving their abuser and continuing to let themself get abused are discussed many times but for all intents and purposes, yes, an abused person forgives their abuser. Fletcher is pretty much the most abusive teacher imaginable, being verbally and physically abusive, bigoted as all hell, and has unapologetically driven a student to s*icide. The lead agrees with and supports Fletcher's belief that he needs to push his students through any means, and he succeeds as a result. It's up to interpretation but the most clear interpretation is that the abuse was worth it for both of them.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Anonymous
Protagonist’s instructor tells him he’s not playing correctly, not keeping tempo, etc. - in reality, he is playing his assigned pieces exactly as they were composed.
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No animals in this movie
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
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interstellarfan
A character throws a chair at another character. In another scene, two characters get into a physical fight
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Is there excessive gore?
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wpc25
i wouldn’t say excessive, but there are multiple shots involving blood
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Is there body horror?
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passerby
No, someone pushes their body to its limits for artistic excellence.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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TacosChezi
Andrew plays the drums so much his hands bleed.
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Is there decapitation?
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Drumming instructor mentions how a famous jazz musician played better after another musician threw a piece of a drum set and nearly decapitated him.
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Is there a hanging?
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No but at around 1:11:09 a woman mentions a guy hanged himself
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Is someone crushed to death?
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no, but Andrew, the protagonist, crawls from under his car after getting in a car accident from which he suffered injuries.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Andrew falls down stairs while running late for his first meeting with Fletcher's studio band.
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Are any hands damaged?
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mistersandman
Neiman’s hands bleed and are shown to have blisters in multiple parts of the movie.
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sort of? Fletcher, the teacher, makes several disparaging and sexual comments to insult college students. they are presumably over 18, but still young and not specified.
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During a scene where the protagonist loses a music folder they are compared to and described using the phrase “give a calculator to a f**king r****d and he’s gonna try to turn on a TV with it”
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littlemissinformed
A character is driving and gets hit by another car. It's sudden and kinda loud but more startling than frightening.
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completely safe movie :)
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About 1 hour 1 minute and 50 seconds he spits but it's not graphic or very audible and very quick
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Ameesq
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Andrew pushes himself while practicing to the point of heavy bleeding. While this is encouraged by Fletcher, i would still describe it as self harm.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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fairygodmother
the main character gets violent after being mentally pushed to the breaking point/also suffering a concussion.
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While a character goes through a lot, it is not explicitly PTSD
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A character gets extremely upset and attacks another character
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no, but there is a mention of a man killing himself (not a character that's show onscreen)
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Does someone have a mental illness?
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it is discussed that the protagonist has similar symptoms of anxiety and depression as one of the past students in fletcher’s program. not explicitly stated that andrew is mentally ill, but highly implied.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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qlinnx
The main character is pretty autism-coded and his conductor mentally abused him troughout the whole movie. The r-word is used about 3 times (see “does someone say the r word?”). There is however no mention or mocking of him supposedly having autism.
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Luke314
There is a scene in which the sound fades out for a while that could be interpreted as the main character dissociating in some way
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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yeahyeahp
in an upside down car
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Noxious
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littlemissinformed
During the final scene when the main character and conductor are having a sort of call and response moment the camera pans quite a bit. Not sure if this counts exactly but it just in case
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Is there shakey cam?
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During a car accident scene, the camerawork is quite chaotic
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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okok
Numerous times throughout the movie, instruments (especially drums) suddenly start playing.
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Is there screaming?
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spritzee
A large portion of the movie is the conductor yelling and/or screaming at his students.
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the insults used by the professor are pretty explicit and offensive
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Is there hate speech?
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Mulu
Homophobic, fatphobic, ableist, misogynistic comments as a form of humiliation from a teacher to his students.
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Are there fat jokes?
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fairygodmother
earlier one guy gets kicked out of the band and fletcher asks him why he's looking down by saying 'is there a mars bar down there?' or something. i haven't seen the movie in a while.
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MiaRose
At around 58:40 Fletcher calls him a slur
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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petezaparti
The conductor uses the f slur against his students
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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interstellarfan
A character uses ableist slurs and comments against other characters. This is portrayed in a negative light.
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Is there sexual content?
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There isn’t any visual sexual content but some of Fletcher’s (the band teacher guy) insults are quite sexually explicit (e.g. ‘This is not your boyfriend’s d**k Don’t come early.’).
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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nstalgia
One quote from Fletcher says something along the lines of 'who is now weeping and slobbering all over my drum set like a f-ing nine year old girl'
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Does it have a sad ending?
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teethhaver
bittersweet, misleading in its triumphant tone
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Is someone hit by a car?
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interstellarfan
They survive though
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Does a car crash?
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emmavaldez34
⚠️very triggering scene about 2/3 of the way through the movie⚠️
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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Unearthly
A character has cuts on their hands throughout the film, which are somewhat bloody. A character sustains injuries from a crash. These injuries are bloody, but not unrealistically or gratuitously so
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