I don't like Jack Black...

Rating: 5/10 (14 July 2004)

I'm not complaining or anything, but whenever there's no one else in the scene with him, we have a very strong feeling that he might just be some kind of self-delusional madman within his own world on "intensity" and "stress".
The movie's fine as long as you don't mind watching Jack Black "perform" his "intense" and "inspired" grimaces and "funny" faces.
I don't know, maybe it's was just the mood I was in, but he feels like a Jim Carrey wannabe except he's not funny at all.
But the kids on the movie did OK. With that happy ending tone all over it to the point I felt it could be a Disney -Touchstone release.
That is: if you don't mind Jack Black, I can recommend it to you. 7 out of 10.