So-so

Rating: 7/10 (17 March 2004)

"School of Rock" is one of those cases were the concept is a lot more interesting than the implementation. I really like the idea behind this movie, and I like what's it trying to do: bring rock music under the attention of the modern public who likely don't know much about it and likely have been overexposed to/poisoned by contemporary pop and R & B "music" (I use the term music very loosely with regard to R & B). The movie was obviously made with a lot of enthusiasm and a lot of love for the subject matter, and I have to say that the music is great.
That's were the good things end though. I take it that this is supposed to be a comedy, but there are little really funny parts, and most of them are in the first 30 minutes. The story is predictable and corny to the bone and the movie is far to "cute", heading straight into the unavoidable and cliche happy ending.
It's still a watchable movie, mostly because of the music and some of the one-liners, but it's not really funny and the plot is far too weak to keep you interested past the first hour or so. Nice try, but no cigar.
** out of **** stars