A hilarious and clever comedy: School of Rock's rating is in the title: It's ROCKS

Rating: 8/10 (27 December 2005)

A funny, witty and delightful picture, Jack Black's School of Rock rocks! Jack Black plays a hardcore obsessed member of a rock band named Dewey Finn, and he claims that he started the band. That must all stink for Dewey when he gets drunk during a concert and is kicked out of his own band. Desperate for money, (He is liable to get kicked out of his own apartment if he doesn't pay the rent.) Dewey answers the phone when a school principal is calling Dewey's roommate, Ned Schneebly. Ned just happens to be a substitute teacher, so Dewey Finn takes over the job, and pretends to be Ned.
School of Rock tries to be, and becomes one thing, and one thing only- a comedy. But, it is a funny, witty and excellent comedy. So, it succeeds at its goal. How so? Take many of the scenes, like when Dewey is writing his name on the board. Or, look at the dialogue, which is also funny, but mostly because of the way Jack Black delivers them.
It was no surprise that such a silly movie was inspired by Jack running down the halls of an apartment, blasting his favorite rock music.
To counter the only upside, School of Rock doesn't have very many downsides. The characters are great, the jokes are not over-drawn and the film is never boring. The only major flaw I could find was that it was clichéd, and doesn't have enough things going for it (drama, action, story, special effects, etc.) to be any better than it already is.
Though it is clichéd, School of Rock doesn't fail as a film. Besides, just about every film we have ever seen was clichéd. Anyways, you should like it, if you are a fan of rock music or comedy.
8/10