The School of Rock
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Universal acclaim- based on 407 Ratings
- Starring: Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White
- Summary: Hell raising guitarist with delusions of grandeur Dewey Finn (Black) has been kicked out of his band. Desperate for work, he impersonates a substitute teacher and turns a class of fifth grade high-achievers into high-voltage rock and rollers. (Paramount)
- Director: Richard Linklater
- Genre(s): Comedy, Music, Family
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Positive: 37 out of 41
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Mixed: 4 out of 41
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100First and foremost a very funny film, and a very pleasant one that doesn't really have a villain. Credit for its hilarity goes largely to Black, who gives the performance of his career as a character who might have seemed merely coarse and crude in less gifted hands.
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All Black, all the time, and could easily have been an exhausting mess. But the movie is coherent, hilarious and surprisingly sweet.
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80The film hits another comic mother lode in the byplay between Black and Cusack.
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60The kids -- most of them first-timers cast for natural charisma and musical ability -- steal the show, and a talented supporting cast helps take the edge off Black's manic antics.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 238 out of 250
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Mixed: 2 out of 250
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Negative: 10 out of 250
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6It is an overall very good time. This is one of Jack Black's best moments because of a great performance and unique plot.
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