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School of Rock


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Film Threat
Linklater and his actors understand passion. They understand enthusiasm.
Wall Street Journal
Jack Black found his mojo in a movie that gives the lie to Norma Desmond's deathless remark about the pictures having gotten...
Variety
A genial comedy.
Village Voice
Black is consistently hilarious -- and not just in his dreams of moshpit glory.
Entertainment Weekly
Black is still a happy geek in perpetual overdrive, only now he draws on his musical skill, and his hipster shamelessness, t...
ReelViews
A string of cliches lashed together by a formulaic plot that features underwritten characters and sit-com style humor.
Chicago Tribune
The cinematic equivalent of a near-perfect three-minute pop song.
USA Today
Linklater's keen handling elevates the material.
The New York Times
A very funny for-kids-of-all-ages delight that should catapult Mr. Black straight to the top of the A-list of Hollywood funn...
Los Angeles Times
A pleasing mainstream comedy that uses new people and attitudes to entertain in old-fashioned ways.
E! Online
Director Richard Linklater and writer Mike White hit all of the right notes with the perfect combination of funny for famili...
The 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...
Houston Chronicles
Linklater strikes just the right power chords here. He respects rock enough to keep it real, and he has enough rein on Black...
The Boston Globe
There's nothing like a cleverly written bildungsromanic underdog makeover movie with the mother of all music-deity- laden so...
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...
New York Daily News
This is fun for everyone, even those (like me) who hate contemporary rock music.
New York Post
A hip and consistently hilarious family comedy.
San Francisco Chronicle
Coherent, hilarious and surprisingly sweet.
Washington Post
Exuberant, raucous and thoroughly endearing.
Washington Post
A movie for almost everyone, from boomer parents (who remember their teens and twenties) to their teenage kids (who can't wa...
Richard Roeper
[A] great big ball of entertainment ...
Salon Arts
A clever and sometimes a beautiful thing.
Slate
School of Rock is uncut bliss.
Film Threat
Smart, funny and unapologetically upbeat.
Rolling Stone
Hail! Hail! Jack Black: He's the clown king of rock & roll.
Empire
A raucous crowd pleaser with a pumping soundtrack, some awe inspiringly talented kids, and perfect comic performances.
New York Magazine
It would be a shame if only kids went to see this film. Adults who can still plug in to their inner rocker, if only to play ...

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Partial Film Information

Director: Richard Linklater
Writer: Mike White
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Cast: Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White

Release: October 3, 2003
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