Review of The School of Rock (2003) by Thomas P — 18 Feb 2015

Jack Black at his dynamite best along with these very talented kid actor performances.

Hysterically funny throughout.

Fun and wildly entertaining filmmaking.

My one prob -.

Needed to be tamped down to PG since its geared towards kids, and yet shows a kid being exposed to drugs as a rock-n-roll vice - a poorly handled situation.

That one unsafe feature bothered me ever since I first saw this in the theatre.

My internal parent had a fit.

Bang.

With that in mind, I do still highly recommend this movie bc they attempted to show the danger of drugs, despite the fumbled handling.

Then, after seeing this movie, I saw the documentary about kids in a real life school of rock- Rock School.

Blazing.

And later I saw the dvd extras about the kid performers - inspiring.

All of which revived for me the good things about this film.

One last thing -.

The brilliant riffing while the credits roll.

Stellar.

4 out of 5 wailing guitar solos.