School of Rock is fabulous!

Rating: 10/10 (15 December 2007)

When I first watched School of Rock, I was completely enthralled. The story was imaginative and original, the music was a joy to hear and the acting was perfection. Jack Black was perfectly cast as Dewey Finn, an aspiring rock star who steals his flatmates substitute teaching job at a private school, Horace Green, in order to pay the rent. There he meets head teacher, Rosalie Mullins(Joan Cusack) and a whole herd of rich kids, who are more into classical than rock. He embarks on a mission to win "Battle of the bands" with the school kids as his band, in order to scorn his former band mates. Dewey manages to charm Miss Mullins into a downtown bar and get her drunk, get the kids rocking, only to be discovered as a fraud. The kids, who have a new found passion for life, decide to take matters into their own hands, and force Dewey to play at "Battle of the bands". There, the formerly outraged parents gain respect for rock. School of Rock is a hilarious film. Jack Black lights up the screen, and Joan Cusack is as wonderful as ever as an uptight head teacher with a secret passion for rock. The supporting cast and child actors are great, too, so watch School of Rock and be amazed!