For those who are about to Rock ...

Rating: Null/10 (20 February 2004)

We already know from the entertaining Dazed and Confused (1993) that Richard Linklater knows how to handle this kind of nostalgic rock n' roll movie, so it's right that expectations should be set fairly high, especially since the project also involves Jack Black. Okay -- so Jack can only play one character, but he is usually very funny and it's good that he is becoming a bankable comedian now.
The premise is straightforward, as is the movie itself -- Jack Black is kicked out of his rock band so he sneakily takes a job as a temp a prep school, and begins forming his class into a rock n' roll band. As far as the class is concerned, the performances are pretty much what you expect from child actors, and the most notable talent is the lead guitar playing of twelve year old Joey Gaydos Jr.
It manages to be funny and original throughout, and it's no surprise that it was such a success at the box office. Jack Black spends much of the time carrying the movie himself, and if anything this did result with a green-light for the upcoming project of the Tenacious D movie which I await with nervous anticipation ...