The School of Rock (2003)
Directed by Richard Linklater · 110 min · Comedy, Family, Music
50.6 TOPICAL score · #1,878 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
The School of Rock (2003, directed by Richard Linklater) has a TOPICAL score of 50.6 - ranked 1,878 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on lasting engagement and critics, and lowest on awards. Critics: 92% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.7/10 critics' average · Metacritic 82. Audiences: TMDB 7.1/10 (6,427 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 45 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics92% on Rotten Tomatoes · 7.7/10 critics' average · Metacritic 82
- AudienceTMDB 7.1/10 (6,427 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 45 languages
- Still read95,575 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Jack Black (actor #618), Joan Cusack (actor #567), Mike White, Sarah Silverman (actor #894)