Film Forum

U.S., 2003
Directed by Richard Linklater
Written by Mike White
Starring Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Mike White, Sarah Silverman, Miranda Cosgrove
Approx. 108 min. DCP.

“Jack Black is ideally cast as Dewey Finn, a metal-head who’s just been fired by his no-talent band. Since he needs rent money, Dewey scams a job teaching nerdy fifth-graders at a prep school run by a tight-passed principal (the ever-hilarious Joan Cusack). When the kids get tired of all-day recess, Dewey teaches them rock & roll, Led Zep-style.” – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

with

Swing School
U.S., 1938
Directed by Dave Fleischer, Thomas Johnson
Approx. 7 min. DCP.

Reviews

“Subversive details that elevate it beyond standard feelgood fare.”
– Ed Potton, The Times (UK)

“There's not a kid alive who would be anything but delighted by this film.”
– Roger Ebert

“A comic postscript to the rock revolution.”
– Stephen Holden, The New York Times

“A cathartic class comedy for kids of all sizes, it's BUGSY MALONE in rock pomp, SLACKER meets SPY KIDS.”
– Time Out

“Black gives one of the finest comic lead performances since Jim Carrey's early, funny period.”
– Empire Magazine

“Uncut bliss.”
– David Edelstein, Slate