Taking Sides vs Whiplash
Whiplash has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 6.2/10 for Taking Sides). Whiplash is the shorter watch at 1h 47m compared with 1h 48m. Taking Sides is the older of the two (2002 against 2014). Both are drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Taking Sides
Whiplash| Taking Sides | Whiplash | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.2/10 | ★ 8.4/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2014 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 1h 47m |
| Genres | Drama, Music, War | Drama, Music |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | István Szabó | Damien Chazelle |
| Main cast | Harvey Keitel, R. Lee Ermey, August Zirner, Moritz Bleibtreu, Stellan Skarsgård | Melissa Benoist, Austin Stowell, J.K. Simmons, Suanne Spoke, Chris Mulkey |
Synopsis
Taking Sides
One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on an occupied Germany. An American major is given the Furtwangler file, and is told to find everything he can and to prosecute…
Whiplash
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
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