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School Of Rock: In a year that, for me, was very lacking in quality comedies, School of Rock is the best of the pack. The quintessential "feel-good" film, carried by Jack Black's performance but aided by the strong concept and yeomen work in the casting department in assmbling a fine group of kids. The first half of the movie is especially strong, with Black's love of rock & roll combining with the kid's thirst for knowledge to create many warm and hilarious scenes. Its unfortunate that the student-teacher dynamic takes a back seat in the 2nd half to purely formula situations like bringing Black and Joan Cusack together, Sarah Silverman's dastardly villain, and stereotypical American movie parents who don't support or understand their kids.
But it does salvage things by the end, and given how much I laughed and enjoyed myself, it earns a high grade. Not quite top 10, but top 15 or 20. A-
Next Up: Waiting a couple of weeks for Veronica Guerin and Shattered Glass
Yes, Captain Hammer's here, hair blowing in the breeze. The day needs my saving expertise! - Captain Hammer, Corporate Tool
2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 314 Last Watched: An Autumn Afternoon
Last 10 Films Watched:
Penelope - B / Missing - B+
Le Doulos - B- / Snow Angels - D-
Mon Oncle Antoine - B / Late Autumn - A-
Paranoid Park - B / An Autumn Afternoon - A
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - B / Run, Fatboy, Run - B
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