| The School of Rock Review |
| by John Ulmer (Rating: 4/5) |
| It was just a matter of time until a film like this came along. A slacker
decides to transform a bunch of repressed children into well-educated young
adults. Wait a minute, what am I saying? Films like this have come along
many times before--"The Dead...more |
| The School of Rock Review |
| by Jerry Saravia (Rating: 3/4) |
| Okay, so it happened. Director Richard Linklater, the creator of the phenomenal
"Slacker" and "Before Sunrise," has helmed a mainstream comedy geared for kids
and some adults. "The School of Rock" looks like it may be a saccharine
confection of...more |
| The School of Rock Review |
| by Shannon Patrick Sullivan (Rating: 2.5/4) |
| Directed by Richard Linklater. Screenplay by Mike White. Starring Jack
Black, Joan Cusack, White. Running time: 108 minutes. Rated PG by the
MFCB. Reviewed on October 25th, 2003. more |
| The School of Rock Review |
| by Marshall Garvey (Rating: 3.5/5) |
| "School of Rock" (2003)
Review by Marshall Garvey
Rating (0 to 5): ***1/2 Grade (no pun intended): B+
Starring Jack Black (Dewey Finn), Joan Cusack (Principal Rosalie
Mullins), Mike White (Ned Schneebly), Joey Gaydos (Zack), Kevin
Alexander Clark...more |
| The School of Rock Review |
| by Karina Montgomery (Rating: 4/5) |
| There are few things so charming in a film than a loser who redeems
himself by staying the true loser that he is, and succeeds not only
in spite of his disadvantages, but because of them. Dewey Finn is a
man whose entire life (such as it is) is rock...more |
| The School of Rock Review |
| by Bob Bloom (Rating: 3.5/4) |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK (2003) 3 1/2 stars out of 4. Starring Jack Black, Joan
Cusack, Mike White, Sarah Silverman, Joey Gaydon Jr., Maryam Hassan,
Kevin Clark, Rebecca Brown, Robert Tsai, Caitlin Hale, Aleisha Allen,
Miranda Cosgrove and Brian Falduto. Written...more |
| The School of Rock Review |
| by Homer Yen (Rating: B) |
| "School of Rock" is a film that every 10-year old
and their parent should go to see. The young
ones will come away with lessons in teamwork,
creativity, and passion. Of course, they may
also come away wanting to start their own garage
band, but what...more |
| The School of Rock Review |
| by Josh Gilchrist (Rating: 2/4) |
| Richard Linklater's latest cinematic offering, "School of Rock," is a 180
degree turn from everything his other films stood for. The film has some
pleasant and rousing moments, yet it's nothing more than hawkeyed tripe we'd
expect from the likes of some...more |
| The School of Rock Review |
| by Rose 'Bams' Cooper (Rating: 4/5) |
| SCHOOL OF ROCK (2003)
Rated PG-13; running time 110 minutes
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Genre: Comedy
Seen at: Eastwood Neighborhood Cinema Group (Lansing, Michigan)
Official site: http://www.schoolofrockmovie.com/
IMDB site:...more |
| The School of Rock Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 8/10) |
| Leave it to edgy indie auteurs Richard Linklater (director of Waking Life)
and Mike White (screenwriter/star of The Good Girl and Chuck & Buck) to take
a genre that's been completely rubbed into the ground and left for dead by
hack after hack and make it...more |
| The School of Rock Review |
| by Susan Granger (Rating: 8/10) |
| Susan Granger's review of "School of Rock" (Paramount Pictures)
If you saw "High Fidelity," you may remember Jack Black as John Cusack's
music-obsessed buddy. In "Shallow Hal," he was the guy who fell hopelessly in
love with Gwyneth Paltrow. Or you...more |
| The School of Rock Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten (Rating: A-) |
| Reviewed by: Harvey S. Karten
Grade: A-
Paramount Pictures
Directed by: Richard Linklater
Written by: Mike White
Cast: Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White
Screened at: Loews Lincoln Square, NYC, 9/28/03 more |
| The School of Rock Review |
| by Steve Rhodes (Rating: 3/4) |
| Jack Black is the man in SCHOOL OF ROCK, an exhilarating and good-spirited
comedy, directed by WAKING LIFE's Richard Linklater and written by THE GOOD
GIRL's Mike White. As energetic as a one-man band, Black, as would-be big
rocker Dewey Finn, not only...more |
| The School of Rock Review |
| by JoBlo (Rating: 7/10) |
| PLOT:
A 30-something who still believes that he will make it as a "rock star" has no
choice but to get a "real job" when his roommate's girlfriend insists that he
pay rent. Pretending to be his roommate, the self-proclaimed "loser" gets a gig
as a...more |
| The School of Rock Review |
| by Jon Popick (Rating: 8/10) |
| Leave it to edgy indie auteurs Richard Linklater (director of Waking Life)
and Mike White (screenwriter/star of The Good Girl and Chuck & Buck) to take
a genre that's been completely rubbed into the ground and left for dead by
hack after hack and make it...more |
| The School of Rock Review |
| by Robin Clifford (Rating: B) |
| Dewey Finn (Jack Black) aspires to be a great rock
legend but he's lazy, conceited and has really pissed
off the members of his band, so much so that they fire
him. He is freeloading on his meek childhood buddy,
substitute teacher Ned Sneebly (Mike...more |
| The School of Rock Review |
| by Laura Clifford (Rating: B) |
| Dewey Finn (Jack Black, "Orange County") is an unemployed wannabe rocker of
such little consequence his own band gives him the boot. He lives with former
bandmate Ned (Mike White, "The Goodbye Girl") who's gave up the old dream and
became a teacher....more |
