Really, that's all this is. With jazz. J. K. Simmons is great, as usual. There is no reason for this film to exist.
Love of music should not be about shouting and belittling a musician. I was in a band as a teenager, and I loved our conductor. We played as good as we could to please him. I would have been one of those who quit a program where you were humiliated and abused, with the idea it would make you a better musician. I suppose there are people out there who would benefit from a teaching experience like the one shown in this film, and they would stick with it. It's just too cruel of a film.
Love of music should not be about shouting and belittling a musician. I was in a band as a teenager, and I loved our conductor. We played as good as we could to please him. I would have been one of those who quit a program where you were humiliated and abused, with the idea it would make you a better musician. I suppose there are people out there who would benefit from a teaching experience like the one shown in this film, and they would stick with it. It's just too cruel of a film.