I saw Jack Black’s new movie, School of Rock, last night. It was one of those stupid-funny movies that are so cute and wholesome you can’t help but have a good time. Plus it featured the multi-talented Joan Cusack as the prep school principal with a penchant for binge drinking and Stevie Nicks. The last Joan Cusack movie I saw was Grosse Pointe Blank, so I was expecting John Cusack to burst into the movie at any moment. Alas, this was not a Cusack double feature.

The kids also impressed me. They actually seemed to be playing or singing what was coming through the speakers and did a respectable job of acting. As for Jack, he did a good job stretching what are usually bit parts into a full-length Jack movie. He seems to have successfully transferred his on-screen persona to music and back to the screen. But this time, he’s running the show, writing the lyrics, and telling a bunch of prep school kids what to do. Now he just needs to look for musicians in his tax bracket.