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10/14/2019

School of Rock (2003) - Best school movie ever!

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+ 2nd Best Movie of the Year

+ Best Big Hit Movie of the Year + Best Breakthrough Performance of the Year: Jack Black + Best Music Movie of the Year

Jack Black in a wide split as the rocking teacher with the cool students on this Rolling Stone magazine-styled poster for Richard Linklater's School of Rock

Dewey Finn is on the verge of getting kicked out of his friend's apartment, because he doesn't make any money, so he assumes his friend's name and takes a substitute teacher job at a private school, where he starts teaching rock.

School of Rock is written by Mike White (Orange County (2002)) and directed by Richard Linklater (The Newton Boys (1998)).
Jack Black's (Cradle Will Rock (1999)) comical and musical genius is used to its fullest in White's brilliant script, which Linklater stages with his usual rock-steady hand. The child actors all as one act their little butts off, - musically as well, - and Joan Cusack (Where the Heart Is (2000)) is wonderful as the inhibiting (but good at the bottom) school inspector.
School of Rock is hilarious, touching and the biggest spreader of joy cinematically for years. It is also a pure-hearted, unique rock movie. The energy is undeniable. Dead Poets Society (1989) go home! - School of Rock rules!

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Watch a trailer for the film here

Cost: 35 mil. $
Box office: 131.2 mil. $
= Big hit (returned 3.74 times its cost)
[School of Rock premiered 9 September (Toronto International Film Festival, Ontario) and runs 109 minutes. Shooting took place in New York, New Jersey and in Los Angeles, California from December 2002 - ?. The film opened #1 to a 19.6 mil. $ in North America, where it spent another 2 weeks in the top 5 (#2-#4) and grossed 81.2 mil. $ (61.9 % of the total gross). The 2nd and 3rd biggest markets were the UK with 19.2 mil. $ (14.6 %) and Australia with 6.2 mil. $ (4.7 %). It became the highest-grossing music-themed comedy of all time until overtaken by Pitch Perfect 2 (2015). The film was nominated for a Golden Globe, a Grammy and other honors. Roger Ebert gave it a 3.5/4 star review, translating to a notch harder than this one. Sequel plans fell through, but a same-titled stage adaptation premiered on Broadway in 2015, and a same-titled TV-series adaptation ran 3 seasons from 2016-18. Linklater returned with Before Sunset (2004). Black returned in 5 TV credits and a music video before his next theatrical performance, in Envy (2004). School of Rock is certified fresh at 91 % with a 7.74/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]

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