The School of Rock

Jack Black delivers a career-making performance in this hilarious comedy as failed musician Dewey Finn, a cash-strapped wannabe who parlays his passion for rock music into a gig as a substitute teacher. Trouble is Dewey doesn't know anything about music except for rock and roll - so he turns his classroom of brainy overachievers into a bone-crunching metal band. Joan Cusack and Mike White (who wrote the script) costar in this box office smash from director Richard Linklater ("Before Sunset").