

Miles Teller plays Andrew, a first year student at an elite Manhattan music conservatory. This film questions whether the best approach is intimidation or society's current preferred method of nurturing. You will likely have a mentor, teacher or coach whose job is to cultivate your skills while pushing you to new limits. No matter if your dream is athletics, dancing, music or some other you can be sure hard work and sacrifice will be part of your routine. The pursuit of greatness is not always pretty. Reviewed by ferguson-6 8 / 10 Just My Tempo The other question becomes how much emotional abuse he will endure by Fletcher to reach that greatness, which he may believe he can only achieve with the avenues opened up by Fletcher.-Huggo He has to figure out his life priorities and what he is willing to sacrifice to be the best. Regardless, Andrew works hard to be the best. His modus operandi creates an atmosphere of fear and of every man or woman for him/herself within the band. Being the best in Fletcher's mind does not only entail playing well, but knowing that you're playing well and if not what you're doing wrong. Andrew quickly learns that Fletcher operates on fear and intimidation, never settling for what he considers less than the best each and every time. Based on their less than positive first meeting, Andrew is surprised that Fletcher asks him to join the band, albeit in the alternate drummer position which he is more than happy to do initially. At Shaffer, being the best means being accepted to study under Terence Fletcher and being asked to play in his studio band, which represents the school at jazz competitions.

Andrew is starting his first year at Shaffer Conservatory of Music, the best music school in the United States. This goal is despite not coming from a pedigree of greatest, musical or otherwise, with Jim, his high-school-teacher father, being a failed writer.


Nineteen-year-old Andrew Niemann wants to be the greatest jazz drummer in the world, in a league with Buddy Rich.
