School of Rock
2003 · 110 min
Directed by Richard Linklater. Written by Mike White. Starring Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White, Sarah Silverman.
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 must risk everything to prove that rock 'n' roll can change lives.
Critics 92% · audiences 64% · streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy, Hoopla