WHIPLASH IS BEING talked up as one of the best movies of the year. It was released in these parts last week – and it’s safe to say that everyone is loving it.

The movie focuses on a young jazz drummer – played by Miles Teller – and his enrolment in a top music school under the tutelage of J.K Simmons’ tyrannical head jazz teacher.

If you haven’t seen it yet, prepare yourself for these reactions:

1. J.K Simmons is terrifying

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2. The music is incredible

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3. And the drumming, specifically, is INSANE

4. It’s a physically intense watch

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Those J.K Simmons eyes – they will haunt your dreams.

5. You need a lie down straight after

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6. You feel the immediate need to praise it to everyone

7. How did Miles Teller survive?

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So. Much. Drumming (and punching).

8. Shock at how quickly it was filmed

How did this happen?

9. The desire to see it again. Right away

It’s that good.

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