If only I knew Dewey when I was 10...

Rating: Null/10 (4 October 2003)

...I'd be a rock star already. I went into this movie expecting something funny and cool, especcially since I saw a screen cap of the web chart with all the different kinds of music. I came out amazed, metal horns blazing. I was unfortunate enough not to fall in love with music until I entered freshman year in high school (I'm a senior now), but if I'd know someone like Dewey when I was these kid's age I would be well on my way to making the music I love and getting it out there already.
This movie touched the music geek in me. Not only did I get the jokes ("I believe that children are our future", and the Ozzy riff...hee), but I reveled and celebrated in them. I WAS that girl who wants to sing, I WAS that kid who loves his guitar (in my case, voice and piano) and who's parents think that they can, to quote Good Charlotte, "tell me this guitar won't get me anywhere". Jack Black knows how to relate to the music lover in me, the passion I feel for true rock music (Buzzcocks! Blondie! Patti Smith! And the Angus Young outfit!).
Amazing. This is going on my favorite movies of all time list, right next to Empire Records. Amazingly talented cast, perfect music, perfect writing, perfect passion.