Although Richard Linklater is best known for his work in independent features like Slacker, Boyhood, and Dazed and Confused, he managed to reach a much broader audience with his 2003 family film School of Rock.
Paired with an excellent screenplay by future The White Lotus writer Mike White and one of Jack Black’s most endearing performances, School of Rock became the one Linklater film that managed to reach beyond the arthouse crowd.
The film has since been regarded as a modern classic and even inspired an acclaimed Broadway musical of the same name.
However, School of Rock was also nearly the first film in a comedy franchise that featured the return of Black’s Dewey Finn.
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