Joan Cusack is wonderfully quirky as always and the kids they found are so ridiculously talented it’s untrue. What makes Black’s performance so great is that, although he’s in almost every frame and flips out as often as he can, he’s not afraid to give the kids room to work. There’s a lot of great work by him in this film, but if you don’t like Jack Black – then you won’t like this. Poor you.

Maybe it is like those people who loathe Jim Carrey (I love this guy!): they cannot watch one movie with him, as he is very PRESENT in those.

this has been the breakthrough that jack black should have received right after he stars in ‘high fidelity’, the one that shows him for that music maniac with rolling eyes a la john belushi.

i find him as a great talent in ‘high fidelity’, never failed to crack me up. but after that.. ‘orange county’ and ‘shallow hal’ is just sheer dissapointment.

but ‘school of rock’? come on, you didn’t even mention richard linklater (‘dazed and confused’, ‘waking life’, ‘tape’) as the director, and what about joan cusack as the principal? at least, she deserves SOME credit.

i think this movie is honest about what it is or what it’s trying to ‘achieve’ (if there is something to be achieved other than great fun), unlike… ‘the last samurai’?

weefselkweekje, one true fact: jack black was nominated for a Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical through this movie.

he lost to bill murray for ‘lost in translation’; oh well.. who could beat mr.murray at that point of his acting achievement. but at least, black did get an appreciation for his acting ability.