Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his straight-A students the finer points of rock 'n' roll and the power of sticking it to the man. But as the school's stern principal closes in and the Battle of the Bands looms, Dewey risks everything to prove that rock 'n' roll can change lives.
The School of Rock has generally received positive reviews.
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The School of Rock was released in 2003 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 750 reviews, giving The School of Rock (2003) an average rating of 74%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 82% and users giving an average score of 80%.
With a score of 74%, The School of Rock is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2003, which stands at 60%.
Other movies from 2003 with similar scores include films like The Last Samurai, Infernal Affairs II and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.
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