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Rock n Roll High School
Vince Lombardi High School continues to lose its school principles. A new principal, the rock-music-hating Miss Evelyn Togar, is brought in and promises to put an end to the music craze...
19 March 1955
6 August 1938, Brooklyn, New York, USA
28 July 1955, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA
19 May 1951, Queens, New York, USA
18 September 1951, Fort Lee, Virginia, USA
18 September 1946, Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA
13 July 1924, Newport News, Virginia, USA
January 22, 2006
...the overwhelming vibe of silliness eventually becomes exhausting.
May 02, 2010
... a pure, cheerfully juvenile blast of blitzkrieg guitar rock, Looney Tunes sight gags, teenage hormones and rebellion against authority because it's there.
January 03, 2017
A bonafide love letter to the punk juggernauts that ruled music in the seventies and eighties.
February 05, 2006
It's not like Rock 'N' Roll High School was pioneering brilliant cinema, but it is a brilliant little piece of work within its own framework.
December 30, 2006
A spirited spoof on high school life.
April 14, 2009
Nothing is taken seriously and nothing should be -- it's only rock 'n' roll.
February 19, 2007
For all its throwaway humour, this is basically just a pleasant reworking of the kids versus adults rock'n'roll movie format of the '50s.
May 27, 2006
We may never again see a teen comedy in which a school can explode and the movie can still be considered essentially good-hearted.
May 09, 2005
The pity is that with a bit more care and flair, it could have been a really sweet little movie.
March 04, 2011
casting the Ramones ranks as a real coup
April 14, 2009
It's more cleverly cut than shot -- which means that it moves quickly and energetically even as the concepts and characters disintegrate.
March 21, 2010
Delectable