School of Rock
Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Kevin Alexander Clark
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, rock guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn (Jack Black) finagles his way into a job as a fourth-grade substitute teacher at a private school. Soon, his free-livin...( read more
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DVD Released: March 2, 2004
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May 22, 2009Surprisingly good for basically a kiddie flick. Black is what keeps this alive, anyone else and it would have been awful, as the kids in the flick are. Its black all the way here, he's brilliant but thats it really.
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October 6, 2008Rock is my favorite music genre and this is I think the best rock-themed movie ever. Jack Black is really believable in his role: In every moment of the movie I could believe that he is very fond of rock music! The songs we can hear are pretty good and the script is nice too. I w... ...( read more )
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July 4, 2009My sister loves this movie and can reciete every line one by one. The movie was good until it was watched and heard 1,000 times. Now it is annoying.
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October 10, 2003
David Edelstein, Slate
October 9, 2003
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Hail! Hail! Jack Black: He's the clown king of rock & roll. full review
October 3, 2003
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
You'll think about it, weeks after seeing it, with a dopey grin on your face. (Yes, right now I have just such a grin on my face. Wanna make something of it?) full review
October 3, 2003
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Here is a movie that proves you can make a family film that's alive and well-acted and smart and perceptive and funny -- and that rocks. full review
October 3, 2003
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
School could best be described as The Bad News Bears with heavy-metal guitar moves instead of home runs, but that it touches all the predictable bases somehow becomes part of its charm. full review
October 2, 2003
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
An engagingly screwball comic vehicle in which the actor and Tenacious D frontman goes through an inventory of heavy-metal moves and makes a mockery of them at the same time. full review
October 2, 2003
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
It gives Jack Black a role perfectly attuned to his comedic and musical gifts. full review
September 27, 2003
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
School of Rock tackles its familiar formula with a welcome mixture of reverence, intelligence, and cliché moderation. full review
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March 2, 2009exceptional!...n luved watching all ov dem in da movie...specially zack and keatie!..oops..not sure bout da spellin'...ohh bt in all da movie just rocks \m/...wud recommend everyone to watch it..I do it everyday :)..god Bless all..
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November 30, 2007hye ana esmi tima mn lebnene bichrafni ykon 3andi zmle2 jdedd 10x bye
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November 1, 2007I saw it 3 times, AWESOME AND FANTASTIC! Children in my country will never be able to do like that.
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