Whiplash
Movie • 2014 • Drama
ReportUnder the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
This movie contains 33 potentially triggering events.
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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The main character's mom left him and his dad
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Abuse
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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jdpamv
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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atthehuskinbee
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 the abused become the abuser?
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
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Bodily Harm
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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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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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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 a hanging?
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MiaRose
No but at around 1:11:09 a woman mentions a guy hanged himself
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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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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Mulu
Andrew falls down stairs while running late for his first meeting with Fletcher's studio band.
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Is there excessive gore?
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i wouldn’t say excessive, but there are multiple shots involving blood
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Is a minor sexualized?
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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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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Tall_Goth_Queen
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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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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Does someone vomit?
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NADA
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Does someone spit?
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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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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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Unearthly
While a character goes through a lot, it is not explicitly PTSD
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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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atthehuskinbee
In the movie, the main character plays the drums until he bleeds, even though sometimes he's forced to do so.
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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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no, but there is a mention of a man killing himself (not a character that's show onscreen)
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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yeahyeahp
in an upside down car
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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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Ameesq
It is briefly mentioned twice
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Noxious
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Is there shakey cam?
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Unearthly
During a car accident scene, the camerawork is quite chaotic
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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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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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AnaCludiaTeixeira
the insults used by the professor are pretty explicit and offensive
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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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Are there homophobic slurs?
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petezaparti
The conductor uses the f slur against his students
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MiaRose
At around 58:40 Fletcher calls him a slur
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Is there hate speech?
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petezaparti
The f slur and r slur are used by the abusive conductor
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Relationships
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Sex
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 dick. 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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Sickness
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Social
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Spoiler
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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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Vehicular
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
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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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