Jack Black's School Of Rock And Roll

Rating: Null/10 (15 November 2008)

Director Richard Linklater and writer/actor Mike White come up with a hilarious rock and roll comedy casting Jack Black in the lead. 'School of Rock' does in a way fall on the same lines of 'Sister Act' and at the same time it, funnily enough, mocks all those teacher-student bonding movies about the meaning of life etc. As a teacher, Black's Ned aka Dewey breaks all school rules. Screw maths. Screw History. Screw all academics. He pretty much gets his initially timid students to throw away academics and eventually to solely focus on one thing only, and that is rock and roll. Although the thought might pop up 'come on, rock and roll is good but academic studies are important too', Dewey doesn't care and, as the film proceeds, neither does the viewer. 'School of Rock' is a Jack Black film. The actor uses his fantastic flair for comedy to the max. For me he is one of the funniest actors. But, 'School of Rock' is very much a collaborative effort as the kids are very good too and their interaction with Jack Black are among the highlights of the film. Joan Cusack holds her own as the uptight principle who does have a wild rocker in her and Mike White is likable too. Sarah Silverman is annoying but, thankfully, she's only there in a few scenes. The cast and crew clearly, as is evident in the special features, had a lot of fun in the making. The soundtrack is a must-have. 'School of Rock' does follow the path of 'safe' Hollywood films as the storyline isn't exactly novel but the director and writer infuse excellent materials of humour making the experience great fun with loads of laugh out loud moments. Moreover, watching the DVD is a bonus as it has some awesome special features that only contributes to the laugh out loud quality of the film.