The real hero of the movie is the organiser who successfully organised a Battle of the Bands in the middle of the day on a weekday

My son and I just met Jack Black at a mall in Atlanta a few weeks ago. He was 100% as nice, down-to-earth, and gracious as you would hope. He had no entourage, and we had about a five minute conversation (my son was wearing a Prince t-shirt, so Mr. Black talked about Prince and his guitar solo at the George Harrison tribute concert). A completely satisfying celebrity encounter.

Joan Cusack is amazing in this, she steals almost every scene she's in especially when she gets flustered.

As chaotic as he is as a teacher, the best thing about this character is that he finds something for every kid, he's wildly excited by any tiny thing they accomplish, he pumps them up but also makes sure they actually learn the thing....  Just over all someone you wish could teach your kid.

Many people agree this is Jack Black's best performance/role. It was just the absolute perfect fit.

My brother is a teacher. I can confirm most of the recess and lunch conversation is the dislike of certain children

I’ve seen this movie at least ten times and this is the first time I realized Joan cusak said to the little girl 6:40 “would you like a hug?” And the girl screamed!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

"Unfinished adults"
-George, 2023

Joan Cusack facing the corner is a whole ass mood

You guys gotta watch the videos of the reunion concert. They still rock, especially Kevin Clark (RIP) on the drums.

'Be Kind Rewind' is a great and underrated Jack Black movie.

"WOULD YOU LIKE A HUG?!?!" is one of my favorite moments of the movie. so freakin funny. Joan Cusack reminds me so much of my aunt in this movie she has very similar mannerisms and even talks with a similar cadence

As much as I love Jack Black, Joan Cusack was just perfection in this lol, " Do you want a hug!!?" When I first saw this as a freshman in highschool, It made me pick up a guitar for the first time, still and off and on player now.

To George's last question: I would expect this movie to be not only for kids but also for those who still have that little kid in their hearts and remember having dreams and aspirations, remember their little rebellion, and can appreciate a bit of silliness. And rock.

I see something making the rounds on social media that points out how he's incredibly chaotic but Dewey is so great for the kids because he's always supportive of them, gets them to embrace their talents (whatever they are) and his confidence in them begins to give them confidence.

Fun fact: Mike White wrote the movie specifically for Jack Black. He also wrote Nacho Libre and the show White Lotus.

Checkout the video JACK BLACK officially requests permission from Led Zeppelin to use Immigrant Song for the movie School of Rock

Unfortunately, the kid who played the drums later died when he was hit by a car while riding his bike (he was 32) and the kid who played lead guitar was later arrested on charges of stealing guitars and an amp.  But they are immortalized for the characters they played in this film.

Fun trivia. Jack Black doesn't play guitar very well. He can do a little bit, but he's definitely not as good as even the kid he was "teaching." So when you see him playing a solo, that's dubbed. In the commentary of the School of Rock DVD, the lead guitar player told everyone that he actually had to correct Jack on a couple of the licks he "taught" the kid in the opening music scene.

Also, the reason that he calls the drummer "Spazzy McGee" is there was a secondary plot line that he had really bad ADHD and would occasionally spaz out. This was eventually cut from the film, but that one reference remains.

Fun fact: the way they got the rights to use Zepplin was to have the entire crowd at the battle of the bands ask and sent it to the band.