School of Rock (2003)
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' roll. The school's hard-nosed principal is rightly suspicious of Finn's activities. But Finn's roommate remains in the dark about what he's doing.
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Gripping story with well-crafted characters
It was OK. I don't see why everyone loves it so much. It wasn't very smart or deep or well-directed.
Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%
The film may be flawed, but its message is not.
The School Of RockJack Black carries this musical show on its back all through the movie with the help of Richard and his magic box that has some unusual characters and also offers some great music.
After being kicked out of a rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of a strict elementary private school, only to try and turn it into a rock band. The School of Rock is without a doubt one of my favorite Jack Black films, his performance is fun and smooth as the wind he is hilarious but also dramatic when he wants to. The kids also do an amazing job as well with their talent both on deliver their lines but also play some Rock N'Roll and let me say the soundtrack of the film is terrific you hear so many great new and old songs from the Past and the Present but also some original ones such as the one that the whole Band sing. Joan Cusack gives an excellent and funny performance as the Principal of the School too. This is without a doubt Richard Linklater's Best Film and i just wonder why they never made a 2nd one? But then again sequels fail to deliver most of the time and having just this one? Is better than not having it. (A+)
I only watched the first half of this. It was too boring. Too many scenes in which Dewey (Black) ad-libs on and on and on. At first it is funny when a fat guy acts like a moron. After a while it is painfully stupid and not funny at all. I think I enjoyed the children the most of all, but they did not get enough time on screen.
Every once in a while there comes a piece of work focusing on disillusionment. "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" looks at the conversion of Christmas from a religious festivity to a cynical excuse for frenzied commercialism. Michelangelo Antonioni's trilogy consisting of "L'avventura", "La notte" and "L'eclisse" focuses on the alienation resulting from modernity. And now, Richard Linklater's "School of Rock", which looks at anger arising from the co-opting of popular culture. Jack Black plays a raucous, unambitious musician who poses as his friend (a substitute teacher) to take a position at a prestigious elementary school. He proceeds to teach the students about rock's rebellious origins, and how it got turned into a dumbed-down product. Soon, he gets the class to form a band.In addition to how Black's character gets the students to stick it to the man (his words), the movie also addresses the obsession that many parents have with seeing their children be the best at everything. Joan Cusack's strict disciplinarian is the embodiment of this attitude. Basically, the movie is an excuse to have fun, and it succeeds in every way. It was also interesting to see Sarah Silverman in an early role (I didn't know about her until a few years later, although it turns out that she had appeared in some movies by this point). True, the movie isn't a masterpiece, but it's not supposed to be. If you laugh while watching the movie, then it's done its job.