Rock School

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Rock School

R,

2005,

1h 32m,

Documentary/

Music

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81%

78 Reviews

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64%

10,000+ Ratings

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81%

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64%

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For incorrigible instructor Paul Green, the three "R's" of reading, writing and arithmetic take a backseat to rocking out, and he actually has his own curriculum set up to help precocious youngsters do so. Indeed, at The Paul Green School of Rock Music, the ultimate goal is learning to wail on guitar like Robert Plant or strut around like Mick Jagger. But getting to that stage means developing discipline and grace under fire, and most important of all — surviving Mr. Green's tutelage.

Critics Consensus

Boasting an entertaining and eccentric cast of characters, Rock School lives up to its name.

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Stella Papamichael

BBC.com

Aug 23, 2005

4/5

It's like Spinal Tap, only shorter.

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Geoff Pevere

Toronto Star

Jul 8, 2005

2.5/4

So overpowering is Green's outsized, needy, arrested-adolescent personality (while you initially suspect he's playing for the camera, the blas attitude of his students suggests he really is like this), it throws the movie off-balance.

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

Jul 8, 2005

2.5/4

Their playing is terrific, but there's little doubt the kids are fulfilling Green's fantasy rather than the other way around.

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Paul Dale

The List

Apr 26, 2019

3/5

Filmed verité-style, Argott's film can hardly lay claim to the greatness its subjects clearly aspire to. Most of the time it comes across as a kind of amateur version of The Bad News Bears.

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Apr 15, 2009

B

For all of his questionable methods, Paul Green gets results that are revealed when he takes a group of students to perform the difficult music of Frank Zappa at a Zappa festival in Bad Doberon, East Germany.

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Lisa Ann Cockrel

Christianity Today

Oct 2, 2006

3/4

Watching the students band together to rock -- and the faces of the audience and participants when they realize what these kids are capable of -- is a joy.

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Don Argott

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Napoleon Murphy Brock

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Madi Diaz

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Paul Green

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Synopsis

For incorrigible instructor Paul Green, the three "R's" of reading, writing and arithmetic take a backseat to rocking out, and he actually has his own curriculum set up to help precocious youngsters do so. Indeed, at The Paul Green School of Rock Music, the ultimate goal is learning to wail on guitar like Robert Plant or strut around like Mick Jagger. But getting to that stage means developing discipline and grace under fire, and most important of all — surviving Mr. Green's tutelage.

Director: Don Argott
Producer: Don Argott, Sheena M. Joyce
Distributor: Newmarket Film Group
Rating: R (Language)
Genre: Documentary, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 3, 2005, Original
Release Date (DVD): Sep 13, 2005
Box Office (Gross USA): $58.2K
Runtime: 1h 32m

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