School of Rock rocked (original I know)

Rating: 8/10 (10 August 2004)

This is a great film for all the family to enjoy, unless you don't like rock music. Actually, even if you're not keen on the likes of Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, you will still find something to like (even my wife liked it, and she's usually the first to complain when anything vaguely seventies comes on the stereo). Jack Black is very funny as the wannabe rocker who becomes a substitute teacher, but the real stars of the film are the pupils who are transformed from public school snobs to rockers in just a couple of weeks.
On the negative side it's not a particularly original plot (it's basically Dead Poets Society with pre-teens and loud music), although it doesn't go for the most obvious ending, and no one commits suicide.
See it now!