School of Rock

2003 • 109 minutes

About this movie

Jack Black stars as a hell-raising guitarist with delusions of grandeur. Kicked out of his band and desperate for work, he impersonates a substitute teacher and turns a class of fifth grade high-achievers into high-voltage rock and rollers. Joan Cusack portrays the principal of the private school where Black is prepping the kids for a Battle of the Bands.

Ratings and reviews

Jack Black was a teacher and building a rock band and when a little black chubby girl asked to be a singer he only said “sure! let me hear you” and the moment she started using her beautiful voice his lit up like all of his dreams came true, PLUS the same little girl was scared that people would make fun of her because she was fat and he started listing awesome singers with some weight on and included himself and told her that people wouldn’t laugh because she is awesome at what she does and that is all that matters PLUS that it’s ok to enjoy food? Also, when a little boy asked to be the band’s stylist he just said “sure, go ahead fancy pants” like, there wasn’t a single second of questioning it, he went into “ok, that will be your position then” right away And he put the violent kid with anger issues on drums and let him constructively work out his aggression. This movie is an hour and a half of Jack Black teaching kids to love themselves disregarding all of the stereotypes

I can say that during the movie he was able to not only be himself , but to do the impossible. This is what made the a sucess. He was able to fool teachers, and the parents as well have fun.

Great laughs and great music. Jack Black puts all his talent to work in this movie. He's great with kids, probably because he is still one at heart!