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Created Feb 22, 2015 05:11PM PST • Edited Feb 22, 2015 05:11PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Very Good 3.5

   A must see for drummers and jazz fans, this movie will also please anyone who’s in for some good and tense drama. Miles Teller does a bang up job (pun intended) as the driven musician desperately trying to improve family and make it big. A little cheesy, but the antics are engrossing – so all is forgiven. J.K. Simmons is the real star as the asshole teacher that breaks musicians down so that they build themselves up again to be great in an NFL-like dog-eat-dog world where its always “next man up.” This comeback story was a bit of a sleeper, but very entertaining – so big thumbs up.

4. Acting

   Very Good 3.5

5. Male Stars Very Good 3.5

6. Female Stars Very Good 3.5

7. Female Costars Very Good 3.5

8. Male Costars Very Good 3.5

10. Film

    Very Good 3.5

11. Direction Very Good 3.5

12. Play Very Good 3.5

13. Music Very Good 3.5

14. Visuals Very Good 3.5
15. Content

16. Edge

    Risqué 1.8

17. Sex Titillating 1.8

18. Violence Fierce 1.8

19. Rudeness Salty 1.8

21. Reality

    Glib 1.5

22. Circumstantial Glib 1.5

23. Biological Glib 1.5

24. Physical Glib 1.5