It's a toast to those who rock!

Rating: 9/10 (27 July 2004)

Despite the slim storyline and the rather empty characters SCHOOL OF ROCK is a great comedy.It never gets boring and the laughs are numerous.All that is thanks to the new master of comedy Jack Black.Black,who got his big breakthrough with the also great comedy HIGH FIDELITY,shows that even with an empty script magic can happen.His improvisation and body language is of the highest level.Besides being a respectable actor(playing in movies like WATERWORLD,THE CABLE GUY and ENEMY OF THE STATE)Black is also a great musician.His musical compositions on SCHOOL OF ROCK are all great,but he is most famous and renowned for his role in the band Tenacious D. in which he forms the band with buddy Kyle Gass.Both Gass and Black can be seen as the modern version of Frank Zappa and his Mothers of Invention.Black and Gass have brought back the comic and satyrical music of Zappa.
Besides Jack Black there are other several good "actors" in this movie.The band of Black contains of youngsters who are in real life all musicians.Their contributions to the movie are great and they get their education in rock history from Black himself. The soundtrack is another great add on to the movie.Songs like "The Immigrant Song","Substitute","Touch Me" and "Ride Into the Sun" are in this one.There are also references to great songs like Pink Floyd's "The Great Gig in the Sky" and there is also archive footage from "The Who" with a brilliant Keith Moon.
All in all,a great musical comedy that never gets boring. 9/10
Watch the DVD for great extra's!!!