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Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979) · CriticCrunch

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Rock 'n' Roll High School

Movie1979·93 min

Rock 'n' Roll High School

Directed by Allan Arkush

A comedy music film directed by Allan Arkush.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 52%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

6.3/10

159 ratings

About Rock 'n' Roll High School

A group of rock-music-loving students, with the help of the Ramones, take over their school to combat its newly installed oppressive administration.

Pacing: Brisk (6 of 9)
Tone: Uplifting (9 of 9)
Intensity: Gentle (2 of 9)
Complexity: Easy to follow (2 of 9)
Humor: Funny (6 of 9)
Scale: Broad (6 of 9)
Spirit: Light (9 of 9)
Texture: Playful, Stylized
Story Tags: freedom rebellion, coming of age, late 20th century, music performance, high school campus, group found family, outsider misfit, underdog, fish out of water, siege bottle

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Details

Director: Allan Arkush
Language: English

Cast

P. J. Soles, Vincent Van Patten, Clint Howard

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How Rock 'n' Roll High School Ranks

All movies

Top 52%

1970s movies

Top 71%

Comedy movies

Top 48%

★Allan Arkush films#1 of 3

Allan Arkush's highest-rated film in our catalog.

the vibe

Rock 'n' Roll High School Vibe

What it feels like

briskupliftinggentleeasy to followfunnybroadlightplayful

stylized

What it's about

fish out of watersiege bottlefreedom rebellioncoming of ageoutsider misfitunderdoggroup found familymusic performancehigh schoollate 20th century

pacing

brisk 6/9brisk 6/9

tone

uplifting 9/9uplifting 9/9

intensity

gentle 2/9gentle 2/9

complexity

easy to follow 2/9easy 2/9

humor

funny 6/9funny 6/9

scale

broad 6/9broad 6/9

spirit

light 9/9light 9/9

texture

playfulplayful