The trailer showed promise and whiplash looked like it was going to be a great movie. However, I left the movie feeling as though it was incomplete. The film failed to make me connect on an emotional level with main character Andrew and therefore, left me feeling like an awkward fly on the wall during most scenes. The film also seemed to glorify the idea of putting yourself through physical and emotional abuse in order to attain approval from those above you. There was no moment of liberation or growth from the main character and likewise there was no moment of realisation or acknowledgement of wrongdoing from the villain. Overall it felt like an incomplete film that almost condoned abuse if it leads to approval.