- Actors: Jack Black|Mike White|Joan Cusack
- Directors: Richard Linklater
- Language English
- Classification: PG
- Studio: Paramount
- VHS Release Date: 12 July 2004
- Run Time: 108 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (73 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B0001KO8DY
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 6,624 in Video (See Top 100 in Video)
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Turbo-charged comic Jack Black shakes School of Rock to its foundations, wailing with born-again metalhead passion as Dewey Finn, a guitarist who gets kicked out of a band because he grandstands too much--or, to put it another way, enjoys himself. Through an intercepted phone call, Finn gets a job as a substitute teacher for a fifth grade class at a private grade school. Neither students nor teacher quite know what to do with each other until Finn discovers that some of his young charges can play instruments; at once he starts turning them into a blistering rock & roll troupe that can crush his former band at an upcoming competition. School of Rock is silly and formulaic, but director Richard Linklater (Dazed and Confused), writer Mike White (The Good Girl), and especially Black and co-star Joan Cusack invest the formulas with such glee that the movie is irresistibly fun. --Bret Fetzer
On the DVD: Like the movie, the DVD extras are smarter and a lot more entertaining than your average flick. The making-of feature ("Lessons Learned") has the usual behind-the-scenes banter but Jack Black is in fine form--that is, something special--interviewing as much as being interviewed about the making of the film. His unique pitch to Led Zeppelin to use their song is alone worth the price of the DVD. Black is more his maniacal self and a bit more grating in MTV's Diary segment, but his commentary track with director Richard Linklater is as insightful as it is funny. Ok, it's a lot more funny, but entertaining throughout. The commentary track featuring just the kid actors is less so, but any preteen would love listening to it. To top it off, the DVD-ROM has Dewey Finn's instantly famous blackboard history of rock. You can drill down to the bands mentioned and get a brief history of each. --Doug Thomas
Video Description
Jack Black plays unemployed slob and hell-raising guitarist Dewey Finn, who needs to make a few fast bucks after being kicked out of his rock band. Posing as his reformed rocker-come-substitute teacher flatmate, he falls into teaching a class of prepubescent stiffs. After over hearing the kids practice in their school orchestra, Finn decides to teach the kids "the power of rock", and fulfil his life long dream of entering the Battle of the Bands competition.
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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Playing to every music-loving ten-year-old's fantasies, this Richard Linklater film pokes fun at school administrators, pushy parents, kids forced into adult molds too soon, an educational establishment which allows little room for fun in the classroom, and a kid's desire to live a life that's secret from his parents. Great fun to watch and often very funny, the film is full of clichés and stereotyped characters, but that's why it works so well for kids--they can see aspects of themselves in several characters, recognize their own insecurities, but see that life is fun.
Dewey Finn (Jack Black), a manic rock-and-roll wannabe who has lost his job, intercepts a phone call to his roommate, Ned Schneebly (Mike White), about a substitute teaching job at an elite urban prep school and, desperately needing cash, takes the job teaching uptight fifth graders with highly motivated parents. Pretending to be Ned and ostensibly teaching the fifth grade core curriculum, he quickly discovers the musical talents of his students, most of whom have been studying serious classical music. Believing they need to be loosened up, he abandons the curriculum and turns his class into a school of rock, hiding his efforts from the principal (neurotically played by Joan Cusack).
Black is off-the-wall with his manic energy, his mugging, and his free-wheeling heavy-metal style, and his good intentions are so obvious from the outset, that even adult viewers, firmly grounded in reality, get caught up in the fun. The kids are terrific as they break out of the molds into which they have been forced by their parents and school and, of course, they become better human beings in the process. Black is so outrageous--and so completely himself--that even the youngest viewer will see him as larger than life.
Written by Mike White, who plays the "real" Ned Schneebly in the film, the film offers Jack Black a chance to dominate the film and have fun both with his music and his mugging. The original music by Jack Black and Mike White, especially the songs like "Math is a Wonderful thing," created on the "spur of the moment," are hilarious, and the demonstration of how a rock song evolves is amusing to watch. Good, clean fun for the middle school set, parents, and grandparents, this is a film which appeals to that awkward age between childhood innocence and adolescence without being saccharine and condescending. Mary Whipple
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
At the time of writing, you can buy this DVD very cheaply, and it is great value for money.
This film is unique for two reasons. Firstly, you would never believe Jack Black is acting, you can clearly see the love of both acting and music he portrays throughout this film. The film shows Dewey Finn (Black) posing as a teacher firstly trying to make enough money to pay the rent on his apartment. He then realises that the kids in the class have amazing music ability and sets about creating a band for a contest.
In typical American movie the entire class get involved, and there are hilarious scenes with Joan Cusack as they try and hide their "school project" from everyone.
The film is made better by the fact the performance and filming of the signature tune is excellent and the tune itself is excellent and catchy. All the kids actually played the instruments and were casted because of their excellent musical ability. Because of this some of the kids acting is not brilliant but Black carries the show.
It's a movie you can't help but enjoy, and watch from time to time and get a nice buzz from it. Every Jack Black movie is great, this is his first major lead movie.
It's a film that both you and your kids will enjoy.
This film is unique for two reasons. Firstly, you would never believe Jack Black is acting, you can clearly see the love of both acting and music he portrays throughout this film. The film shows Dewey Finn (Black) posing as a teacher firstly trying to make enough money to pay the rent on his apartment. He then realises that the kids in the class have amazing music ability and sets about creating a band for a contest.
In typical American movie the entire class get involved, and there are hilarious scenes with Joan Cusack as they try and hide their "school project" from everyone.
The film is made better by the fact the performance and filming of the signature tune is excellent and the tune itself is excellent and catchy. All the kids actually played the instruments and were casted because of their excellent musical ability. Because of this some of the kids acting is not brilliant but Black carries the show.
It's a movie you can't help but enjoy, and watch from time to time and get a nice buzz from it. Every Jack Black movie is great, this is his first major lead movie.
It's a film that both you and your kids will enjoy.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I gurantee you, with my word as a film-lover, that anybody will love this film as if you can't laugh at the idea, you cannot fail to laugh at jack black! the guy is so enthusiastic in every aspect and whether thats just acting or real enthusiasm is not for me to say but its believable on screen. seriously im just gonna say this once BUY THIS FILM YOU WILL LOVE IT! for those few of you that havent seen it im not gonna spoil it but just be aware that jack black is an unsuccesful musician who whilst pretending to be a sub-teaher, finds a new band with lots of potential! BUY THIS FILM
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