Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his straight-A students the finer points of rock 'n' roll and the power of sticking it to the man. But as the school’s stern principal closes in and the Battle of the Bands looms, Dewey must risk everything to prove that rock 'n' roll can change lives.
- rock 'n' roll
- musician
- private school
- music competition
- substitute teacher
- elementary school
- teacher
- rock music
- contest
- rock band
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Miranda Cosgrove — Summer Hathaway
- Joey Gaydos Jr. — Zack
- Kevin Alexander Clark — Freddy Jones
- Rivkah Reyes — Katie
- Robert Tsai — Lawrence
- Maryam Hassan — Tomika
- Aleisha Allen — Alicia
- Caitlin Hale — Marta
- Brian Falduto — Billy
- Z Infante — Gordon
- James Hosey — Marco
- Directed
- Richard Linklater
- Written
- Mike White
Production
- Rating
- 7.1 / 10 · 6,350 ratings
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
