by Lisa Hemsley

Created on: August 24, 2010   Last Updated: August 25, 2010

FILM ONLY REVIEW

Dewey Finn is a layabout who dreams of making it big with his rock band, he shares an apartment with his friend, Ned butt since the arrival of Ned’s girlfriend he is being nagged at for rent money. Dewey hoped to make money by getting his band to win the ‘Battle of the bands’ competition but when his band sack him he is out of ideas.

Dewey takes a phone call which is for Ned asking him to take any emergency substitute teacher job but as he is not there Dewey decides he will do the job. He arrives at a very posh pre-school and soon realises he is out of his depth. He is not able to teach the children as he is thick. Salvation comes his way when he hears the children in their music lesson and sets about forming a new band with the class. He says it is a new school project and soon the children are turning their backs on their classical roots to take on the new challenge of Rock.

Will Dewey be able to keep the children and the band a secret and just what will the consequences be when he gets found out for being a fraud?

I was looking forward to watching this film as Jack Black has entertained me in the past and I do find him to be very funny in some of his movies. This film was a disappointment for both me and hubby, not so much from the acting but certainly from he lack of comedy and the fact that Jack Black seemed to prefer daft to funny in this film. The storyline was good but towards the end I could not shake off the feeling of it being too similar to Sister Act 2 with the choir and the competition and I would have liked some difference in this film.

Jack Black took the lead role of Dewey and for me he was below average. There were times when I found him to be quite horrid and disgusting, especially when he was at home being a slob. He did improve slightly and clean his act up as the film went on but he was not a good role in my eyes. There were times when he let a bit of emotion get through his character and this was mainly when acting with the children. There was no depth to the role and for me I would have liked more emotion and feelings from him to be able to understand why Rock music meant so much to him.

The child actors were all quite good and there were one or two which made their characters stand out. We had the usual class mix with the chubby kid, the dumb one, the rebel and the class nerd and they were all played well. I found that some of the children came across as very stuck up and they seemed to me as if they

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