Reviewed by Tama Howard: Adapted from the Swedish bestselling novel of the same name, A Man Called Ove chronicles the life of a recent retiree who makes it his business to constantly grump at everyone and everything. Feeling lonely and frustrated, Ove decides to end it all until a boisterous young family moves in next-door and inadvertently changes his life.
Tama Howard: “Whiplash is an American independent film that stars Miles Teller as Andrew Neiman, a talented and ambitious first-year drumming student at the prestigious Shaffer Music Conservatory. He is instructed by a hardcore and relentless jazz musician played by J.K. Simmons who was awarded Oscar for the 2015 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role.”
It is common knowledge that “breaking up is hard to do,” yet Jennifer Wright’s narration of the most extreme relationship collapses in history seems too bizarre to be factual.
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