School of Rock

Pros: Black, and his good rapport with the kids
Cons: Plot is exceptionally silly

Jack Black is exceptionally good at playing Jack Black. It’s a role he has down pat and plays like no one else possibly could. Sure, you could say it’s the only role he ever plays, but he still plays it very, very well. As he did in Orange C ...

Pros: Black, Cusack, the students, White's writing and support, Linklater's detail and direction
Cons: Credibility does get stretched a bit

Dewey Finn is the ultimate slacker at the start of "The School Of Rock." He has never punched a time clock or done an honest day's work in his life. He spends his nights and many other waking hours playing guitar with his band, No Vacancy, who have spent ...

Pros: Jack Black, Mike White, Joan Cusack, adorable children, music, hilarious!
Cons: plot is kinda weird, stereotyped kids

The trailers for School of Rock made it look like a mildly amusing comedy. But when I found out that it was written by Mike White ( Chuck and Buck, The Good Girl), I couldn't ...

Pros: Joan Cusack
Cons: drags a bit in places

So ya have this lazy, freeloadin' rock and roll guy who can't pay his rent (I've known a few of those..) and his roomie, a substitute teacher and ex-rocker, is about to toss him out on his rear at the dreaded girlfriend's urging. What's a guy to do? ...

Pros: interaction between the kids and Jack Black, humor
Cons: Ned's girlfriend is sooooo irritating...

I had never heard of Jack Black until 2002, and my first exposure to him was in the dubious vehicle of an MTV parody of the Council of Elrond. My next was in Shallow Hal, which I expected to find really crude and stupid but was surprised. Thus ...

Pros: good acting by Joan Cusack, original plot
Cons: Jack Black could have been better, not as funny as it looked, somewhat predictable

We had originally planned to go see The School of Rock last night, but certain reasons had my wife cancel her date with me :-( But that’s okay! We got to see it today. We went to a 4:10 showing and the 300-seater theater was about half way full. I hea ...

Pros: Jack Black and all of those cute kids...
Cons: Poor use of Joan Cusack and Sarah Silverman.

The Story Dewey Finn (Jack Black) has issues. He's a fully grown man who has never grown up. He doesn't hold down a real job (of the 8-5 nature), he doesn't have a girlfriend, and he's months behind on the rent for the apartment he shares ...

Pros: Funny movie for kids and young adults, the music is good
Cons: Teaches children that lying is ok

Dewey Finn (Jack Black) plays a guitarist with big dreams of Rock-n-Roll stardom. They come crashing down on him when he gets booted from a local band. He needs cash to pay rent or his roommate’s girlfriend will kick him out of the apartment they all ...

Pros: The Big Black Attack, the kids actually look like they're playing
Cons: Mr. Black wasn't your fifth grade teacher, many glaring logical holes

There's a school of rock that says sex and drugs should come before the music itself, and one that says they should come afterwards. There's a school of rock that says Jimmy Page laid the groundwork for heavy metal, and one that says we should just blame ...

Pros: Masterful Direction, Stellar Screenplay, Great Cast led by Jack Black.
Cons: Plot's a Bit Predictable, then again, Who Cares?!

Hey kids, don’t you hate school? Wish there was something to learn other than boring science formulas and math problems? Don’t you wish you could something useful and fun? Well, Jack Black is your man in Richard Linklater’s 2003 comedy ...

Pros: Ample doses of laughter, sympathy and believable acting
Cons: A few stale characters and predictable plot turns

Jack Black almost quintessentially defines the on-again, off-again media figure. After playing some excellent offbeat roles in movies like High Fidelity, the actor hit circuits like MTV and debuted some obnoxious material barely deserving of a chu ...

Pros: Fun story, fun movie, real music
Cons: ~~~

I pledge allegiance... to the band... of Mr. Schneebly... and will not fight him... for creative control... and will defer to him on all issues related to the musical direction of the band. When School of Rock first came out, I have to ...

Pros: Jack Black, great plot, genuinely funny
Cons: Nada

Introduction A lot of good movies have come out this year like The Matrix Reloaded, Pirates Of The Caribbean, and Kill Bill Vol. 1 with more movies on the horizon of being released ...

Pros: Clever story idea, generally entertaining
Cons: Black occasionally misses, predictable story

Ask a wide enough cross-section of music fans, and you'll find some that actually believe that the radio plays the best music out there, that MTV is all about showing videos by the most creative and talented musical artists available. Yes, you will find ...

Pros: Funny and inspirational
Cons: A little too long

I am not the biggest Jack Black fan, although I will be the first to admit that he was probably the only good thing about Saving Silverman. When I first read about School of Rock in Entertainment Weekly's Fall Movie preview, I knew immediately that I wan ...