A groovy movie.

Rating: 6/10 (21 March 2004)

Jack Black was born to play this role. His presence really makes the movie (forget his so-so turn in "Shallow Hal" and his woeful performance in the equally woeful "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer"). Joan Cusack (who appears to be in every movie of the past ten years) lends able support and the kids are pretty good too.
Thankfully never descending into sentimental hell like so many movies featuring large casts of kids, School of Rock manages to do just what it says on the tin. It's funny, funky and will have even the most pessimistic of you smiling. As long as you don't expect too much, it will have you leaving the cinema with a big smile on your face.
Surprisingly this movie was directed by Richard Linklater, formerly of the Generation X quarter of Hollywood, who made Dazed and Confused, and the `talky' movies Waking Life and Before Sunrise.