Jack Black and his brand of humor.

Rating: 7/10 (22 April 2006)

Over the past few years, I've come to enjoy Jack Black and his brand of humor. In School of Rock, he plays a rock'n'roll-obsessed guitarist in an amateur band that is about to compete in a "Battle of the Bands" contest. When the other members kick him out because of his antics, he takes his friend's job (behind his back) as substitute teacher of a grade school class for some easy cash. As he soon finds out, these kids have musical talent and a plan formshe has a band again! This fun, light-hearted flick was pretty enjoyable and had plenty of references to classic rock, which rocks. While Black stole the show, the kids were actually playing the instruments and they're pretty good. The DVD has commentary from the kids, which was just OK, and from Black and director Linklater, which was funny at times. The best feature on the DVD is Black's short video to Led Zeppelin, begging for permission to use their Immigrant Song!