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...
25 December 1928, The Bronx, New York, USA
23 January 1942, USA
19 May 1951, Queens, New York, USA
20 April 1959, Burbank, California, USA
8 December 1943, Palm Beach, Florida, USA
19 March 1955
March 21, 2010
Delectable
December 30, 2006
A spirited spoof on high school life.
May 09, 2005
The pity is that with a bit more care and flair, it could have been a really sweet little movie.
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.
March 04, 2011
casting the Ramones ranks as a real coup
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 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.
April 14, 2009
Nothing is taken seriously and nothing should be -- it's only rock 'n' roll.
January 22, 2006
...the overwhelming vibe of silliness eventually becomes exhausting.
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.
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.
