| Overall: | C |
|---|---|
| Violence: | B- |
| Sexual Content: | D+ |
| Language: | D+ |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C- |
| Run Time: | 102 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 27 Jan 2009 |
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Another aspiring singer losses her place just before the group hits the big time in Dreamgirls. In The School of Rock, a desperate musician hijacks a classroom and prepares the students to compete in the Battle of the Bands.
Home Video Extra Features
Drumming it’s way into the home video market, The Rocker releases as the Born To Rock Edition Two-Disc DVD and The Rocker Blu-ray Edition.
Both versions offer the following bonus materials:
-Two commentaries, one with director Peter Cattaneo and actor Rainn Wilson, and the other with actors Josh Gad, Teddy Geiger, Emma Stone and Jason Sudeikis.
- Ten deleted scenes.
- Gag reel.
- Featurettes (Rainn Wilson: Office Rocker, Pete Best Interview, Behind The Band: Vesuvius, Rock Beat With Fish Fishman, The Music of The Rocker and Rock Tales).
- MTV Film Festival Panel and Fox Movie Channel Presents: In Character With The Rocker.
- Music video I’m Not Bitter.
- Vesuvius Public Service Announcements
- Four podcasts.
-A digital copy movie file for portable media players.
The DVD version offers audio tracks in 5.1 Dolby Surround (English) and Dolby Surround (French), with subtitles in English and Spanish.
The Blu-ray edition is recorded on a 50GB dual-layer disc authored in BD-J with AVC (MPEG 4) compression with 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Master Audio (English) and 5.1 Dolby Digital tracks (English, French and Spanish), with subtitles in English and Spanish.
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About the Reviewer: Rod Gustafson
Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
