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- 2003
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 49 m
- 2003
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 49 m
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)
Directed By: Richard Linklater
Written By: Mike White
- 2003
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 49 m
- 2003
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 49 m
School of Rock
8.0
Where to Watch
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)
Directed By: Richard Linklater
Written By: Mike White
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 41 Critic Reviews
82
90% Positive
37 Reviews
37 Reviews
10% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 41 Critic Reviews
82
90% Positive
37 Reviews
37 Reviews
10% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
All Black, all the time, and could easily have been an exhausting mess. But the movie is coherent, hilarious and surprisingly sweet.
Crowd-pleasing, feel-good stuff.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 379 User Ratings
8.0
82% Positive
311 Ratings
311 Ratings
13% Mixed
49 Ratings
49 Ratings
5% Negative
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 379 User Ratings
8.0
82% Positive
311 Ratings
311 Ratings
13% Mixed
49 Ratings
49 Ratings
5% Negative
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
This is a great film. This is a great film. This is a great film. This is a great film.
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An unexpectedly exuberant, only mildly subversive celebration of music, learning, and going all out for what you love.
The kids, all real musicians performing, are wonderful, and so is Black; Joan Cusack is both charming and funny as the principal.
Even education can't kill the demon of fun in Black. Enroll in his class and you won't stop laughing.
School of Rock, populated by bright-shiny faces given a "Revenge of the Nerds" happy ending, is light and meaningless but never worthless. It merely aspires to be a good time and is just that and nothing more, a grin-worthy buzz that wears off in the parking lot.
Feel-good tripe: a string of clichés lashed together by a formulaic plot that features underwritten characters and sit-com style humor.
It was a great movie to watch, and Jack Black made the perfect role for Dewey. But the jokes and acting was so cheesy that it hurt. Its still good but the roles had a better place. Jack Black was a star, everyone else was just a spot-taker.
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WORST MOVIE EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WOULD NEVER EVER get this movie ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Production Company
Paramount Pictures,
Scott Rudin Productions,
MFP Munich Film Partners GmbH & Company I. Produktions KG,
New Century,
Sor Productions
Release Date Oct 3, 2003
Duration 1 h 49 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Heavy mental... Take notes.
Awards
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Teen Choice Awards
• 4 Nominations
Golden Schmoes Awards
• 3 Nominations
