Top billed cast

1. 

   Miles Teller

   Andrew

2. 

   J.K. Simmons

   Fletcher

3. 

   Paul Reiser

   Jim

4. 

   Melissa Benoist

   Nicole

5. 

   Austin Stowell

   Ryan

6. 

   Nate Lang

   Carl

7. 

   Chris Mulkey

   Uncle Frank

8. 

   Damon Gupton

   Mr. Kramer

9. 

   Suanne Spoke

   Aunt Emma

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Reviews

A review by DanDare

Written by DanDare on 2017-02-26

J K Simmons won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his mean, bullying monster. Jazz teacher Terence Fletcher who abhors the words 'good job.'

Fletcher tells a tale about Charlie Parker and how doing a good job was not enough for him. Good job means mediocrity.

Yet Fletcher is a mediocre educator and his college seems not to have noticed this. Instead of being an inspiration his students fear him. He is a nasty tyrant and an incident from his past comes back to haunt him.

Miles Teller plays Andrew Neiman the put upon jazz drummer in the Shaffer Conservatory in New York. Neiman is e...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$3,300,000.00

Revenue
$50,307,484.00

Keywords

• new york city
• jazz
• musician
• obsession
• music teacher
• conservatory
• drums
• montage
• perfectionist
• public humiliation
• jazz band
• angry
• aggressive
• young adult
• music school
• verbal abuse
• emotional abuse
• anxious
• based on short film
• psychological drama
• romantic
• bold
• disapproving
• enraged
• drummer