School of Rock
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- Synopsis
- The world's least-employable heavy metal guitarist is entrusted with the minds of upstate New York's best and brightest in this fish-out-of-water comedy....
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- Starring
- Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White, Sarah Silverman, Jordan-Claire Green
- Director(s)
- Richard Linklater
- Distributor(s)
- Paramount
- MPAA Rating
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 108 min.
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Washington Post | Ann HornadayAdd Critic to Favorites
An exuberant, raucous and thoroughly endearing comedyRead the full review
San Francisco Chronicle | Peter HartlaubAdd Critic to Favorites
All Black, all the time, and could easily have been an exhausting mess. But the movie is coherent, hilarious and surprisingly sweet.Read the full review
Wall Street Journal | Joe MorgensternAdd Critic to Favorites
This joyous farce is a big, big deal, and Jack Black is nothing less than majestic as a scruffy, irreverent rocker passing himself off as a pedagogue in a private school.Read the full review
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