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92% Tomatometer 203 Reviews 64% Audience Score 250,000+ Ratings Overly enthusiastic guitarist Dewey Finn (Jack Black) gets thrown out of his bar band and finds himself in desperate need of work.
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Strong communication, teamwork in funny, charming comedy. Read Common Sense Media's School of Rock review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White
- Richard Linklater
- Paramount Pictures
Oct 3, 2003 · School of Rock: Directed by Richard Linklater. With Jack Black, Adam Pascal, Lucas Papaelias, Chris Stack. After being kicked out of his rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of an uptight elementary private school, only to try and turn his class into a rock band.
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- Comedy, Music
- Richard Linklater
- 2003-10-03
The class files out for band practice, Dewey listens to their anemic performance of classical chestnuts, and has a brainstorm: He'll convert them into a rock group and enter them in a local radio station's Battle of the Bands. Advertisement. The movie takes music seriously.
Thanks to Jack Black and a talented group of children, School of Rock is still a rocking good time twenty years after its theatrical release. Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Sep 26, 2023
School of Rock received an approval rating of 92% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 202 reviews with an average rating of 7.7/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Black's exuberant, gleeful performance turns School of Rock into a hilarious, rocking good time."
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.
