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Scott Rudin Productions
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He just landed the gig of his life: 5th grade.
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.
daisyrowley
Jul 30, 2018 · via TMDB
Our family loved this movie. While the language is a little strong, compared to other movies that are rated the same, it is relatively mild. If your children like rock, it is a lot of fun. If you are a family who tolerates no swearing whatsoever, or if "kick some ass" would shock or offend you, then it's not for you. The overall message is that uptight kids use their skills to create a rock show, a slacker finds a calling and realizes what is really important in life, and forgiveness abounds.
John Chard
Jun 15, 2014 · via TMDB
You are not hardcore unless you live hardcore. The perfect vehicle for Jack Black, a film to show that given the right material he’s a bona fide comedic actor of some worth. Plot has Black as Dewey Finn, a wastrel musician who has no job prospects and who spends his time mooching off of his best mate Ned Sheebly (Mike White). When Dewey is fired from his rock band he’s left in limbo and in danger of being homeless. But when he answers a phone call offering Ned a job assignment, Dewey decides to take it upon himself to impersonate Ned and take the employment himself; as a schoolteacher! So it’s Jack Black in a classroom full of kids, it probably shouldn’t work, and even might seem like some sort of cruel and unusual punishment to anyone with an aversion to Black, but this is feel good nirvana and a paean to rock and roll. It’s perhaps unsurprising that it’s crammed with clichés from the classroom splinter of moviedom, the kids a roll call of characters we have seen numerous times. The spoilt swot, the roughneck, the one suffering parental peer pressure, the weight issue one and on it goes, but boy can they play music when Dewey takes them out of classical mode and into rock central. How nice to find that director Richard Linklater and writer Mike White have managed to rise above the clichés and avoid syrupy fodder, there’s such a zest and earnestness to it all, and the kids acting is high in quality as well, led by the big kid himself, Black on full tilt. But most of all, even as the morals and life affirming threads come wading in with the pulsing rock soundtrack, it’s a very funny picture, the gag quota enormously high. Be it Black trying to bluff the kids, the kids trying to bluff everyone else - or the wonderful Joan Cusack as the scatty stickler for the rules Principal Mullins – a laugh is never far away. Rock on! 8.5/10
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Jack Black
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Joan Cusack
Rosalie Mullins
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Ned Schneebly
Sarah Silverman
Patty Di Marco
Miranda Cosgrove
Summer Hathaway
Joey Gaydos Jr.
Zack
Kevin Alexander Clark
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Rivkah Reyes
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Lawrence
Maryam Hassan
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Marta
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Marco
Angelo Massagli
Frankie
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Leonard
Lee Wilkof
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Theo
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Heather Goldenhersh
Sheila
Timothy "Speed" Levitch
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Sharon Washington
Alicia's Mother
Kim Brockington
Leonard's Mother
Kathleen McNenny
Freddy's Mother
Joanna Adler
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Robert Lin
Lawrence's Father
Barry Shurchin
Cop
MacIntyre Dixon
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Amy Sedaris
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Mandy Siegfried
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Elle Key
Concert Goer
Frank Whaley
Battle of the Bands Director (uncredited)
Lauren Adler
Concert Goer (uncredited)
Kelly Anne Burns
Groupie (uncredited)
Leanne Cabrera
Concert Goer (uncredited)
Catherine A. Callahan
Concert Goer (uncredited)
Cedric Cannon
Leonard's Dad (uncredited)
Jane DeNoble
Billy's Mom (uncredited)
Caileigh Scott
Concert Goer (uncredited)
Riley G. Matthews, Jr.
Blood Brothers MC Biker (uncredited)
Ryan O'Connor
No Vaccancy's Biggest Fan (uncredited)
Jamie Vergan
Concert Goer (uncredited)
Rogier Stoffers
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Bob Becchio
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Adesola A. Osakalumi
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Don Hewitt Sr.
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Jery Hewitt
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David Shumbris
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Donald J. Hewitt Jr.
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Peter Epstein
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Shawnna Thibodeau
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Stephanie Finochio
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Tina McKissick
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Vince Cupone
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Richard Linklater
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Andrew Weisblum
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Sandra Adair
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Ilene Starger
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Scott Rudin
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Karen Koula Sossiadis
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Craig Wedren
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Mike White
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