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DVD School of Rock (Widescreen Edition)
Turbo-charged comic Jack Black shakes School of Rock to its foundations, wailing with born-again metalhead passion as Dewey Finn, a guitarist who gets kicked out of a band because he grandstands too much--or, to put it another way, enjoys himself. Through an intercepted phone call, Finn gets a job as a substitute teacher for a fifth grade class at a private grade school. Neither students nor teacher quite know what to do with each other until Finn discovers that some of his young charges can play instruments; at once he starts turning them into a blistering rock & roll troupe that can crush his former band at an upcoming competition. School of Rock is silly and formulaic, but director Richard Linklater (Dazed and Confused), writer Mike White (The Good Girl), and especially Black and co-star Joan Cusack invest the formulas with such glee that the movie is irresistibly fun. --Bret Fetzer
Review(s): DVD School of Rock (Widescreen Edition)
Conventional but still slyly subversive
I caught this movie on television after having avoided it in the theater, fearing it would be a conventional, mainstream comedy. It hooked me immediately and was far more entertaining than I would have expected. Jack Black's scruffy, rocker character had a surprisingly deft touch with the schoolkids, one that was supportive and positive and fair-minded and thus disarmingly sweet. And his character was also hilarious. I also liked the the portrayal of Joan Cusack's character as a woman who had been warped by her high-pressure, stultifying job as a school principal. Nice underlying theme about rejecting the pressure by society to live up to different types of perfection and instead just rockin' out!
"Some Lunatic Has Kidnapped Our Kids"
The '03 release `School of Rock' starring Jack Black is an infectious, witty, downright funny film that you simply can't help but enjoy. Yes it's contrived and improbable but Jack is at his best and the kids are delightful. You'll find yourself caught up in the musical escapades of Dewey Finn (Jack Black) and his classroom of talented youngsters as they prepare to rock your socks off. Lots of fun for the whole family!
Unique. Catchy. Worth the buy.
This is a film that definently rings out. Truly unique, I loved the idea. Not exactly unique, but this is entertainment not reality!!! I really enjoyed the idea, and of course, Jack Black. This is definently one of Mr. Black's better films in my eyes. Kind of like "Shallow Hall", this movie sends somewhat of a serious message in a comical type of way. I believe this film shows you that kids can do big things, and sometimes they are underrated. This is displayed in a catchy, humurous way that will have you laughing the whole way through. My only regret is this DVD was in my girlfriends DVD player the day we broke up and she came and got it.
While it invites charges of Hollywood nepotism, Orange County overcomes that stigma with a delightful cast of newcomers and veterans alike. It's no better or worse than many teen comedies, but director Jake Kasdan (son of director Lawrence Kasdan) astutely combines teen-flick staples (stoner gags, raucous parties) with a biting undercurrent of southern California absurdity. This comedic texture helps Colin Hanks (son of Tom) and Schuyler Fisk (daughter of Sissy Spacek) to prove their big-screen promise. They play (respectively) an Orange County teen and aspiring writer named Shaun who yearns for admission to Stanford, and his sensible girlfriend who knows just how to nurture his dreams. Much of the comedy arises from the foibles of Shaun's dysfunctional family (played to perfection... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Colin Hanks - Jack Black Director(s): Jake Kasdan DVD Release Date: Released the 18 June 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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As deadpan comedies go, Napoleon Dynamite stands in a class all its own. Played by John Heder, the title character is (in the words of critic Roger Ebert) "the kind of nerd other nerds avoid," a mouth-breathing dweeb with a mangy nest of orange hair, and ungainly features that suggest a perpetual state of half-conscious depression. He lives in Preston, Idaho (former home of 24-year-old director Jared Hess) with his thrill-seeking grandma and 32-year-old brother, and his days at high school consist mostly of being abused or ignored by indifferent classmates. Napoleon's sad-sack story doesn't offer the scathing, impassioned humor of Welcome to the Dollhouse because Hess (who cowrote the nearly plotless screenplay with his wife, Jerusha) doesn't have an angst-ridden axe to... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Jared Hess DVD Release Date: Released the 16 May 2006 Usually ships in 24 hours
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How's this for impressive trivia: Dodgeball faced off against The Terminal in opening-weekend competition, and 29-year-old writer-director Rawson Marshall Thurber aced Steven Spielberg by a score of $30 to $18.7 in box-office millions. That's no mean feat for a newcomer, but Thurber's lowbrow script and rapid-fire direction--along with a sublime cast of screen comedians--proved to be just what moviegoers were ravenous for: a consistently hilarious, patently formulaic romp in which the underdog owner of Average Joe's Gym (Vince Vaughn) faces foreclosure unless he can raise $50,000 in 30 days. The solution: A dodgeball tournament offering $50K to the winners, in which Vaughn and his nerdy clientele team up against the preening, abhorrently narcissistic owner (Ben Stiller) of... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Vince Vaughn - Christine Taylor - Ben Stiller Director(s): Rawson Marshall Thurber DVD Release Date: Released the 12 July 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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With Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson as a pair of brazen wedding crashers, this buddy/romantic comedy milks a few big laughs from its foolproof premise. Under the direction of David Dobkin (who previously worked with Wilson on Shanghai Knights), the movie ranges from bawdy romp to mushy romance, and that tonal identity crisis curtails the overall hilarity. But when the well-teamed costars are firing on all pistons with fast-paced dialogue and manic situations, belly laughs are delivered at a steady clip. Things get complicated when the guys infiltrate the family of the Treasury Secretary (Christopher Walken), resulting in a romantic pair-off between Vaughn and the congressman's oversexed daughter Gloria (Isla Fisher) while Wilson sincerely woos another daughter, Claire (Rachel... More Info about this DVD Director(s): David Dobkin DVD Release Date: Released the 03 January 2006 Usually ships in 24 hours
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