Rock 'n' Roll High School

 (1979)

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User Reviews

I Cannot Believe I like this
May 21, 2007
mxxpowers - yahoo.com
The acting in tis movie is terrible although PJ Soles is so hot you can overlook it. The plot is beyond stupid. Yet this movie is so much fun that I cannot stop watching it. The Ramones and their music are... Full review
Yeah Ramones!
May 21, 2007
readinggirl92 - yahoo.com
My dad loves the Ramones...every year on April 15th(The day Joey Ramone Died) we have to wear ramones shirts. We saw rock n roll high school about two months ago and it was the best!... Full review
Great Movie!
Apr 26, 2007
all1systems1go - yahoo.com
This is such a fun movie to watch. The Ramones were awesome and the soundtrack was great. The movie is so funny and if you haven't seen it already you defiantly should watch it. The movie is about a school the... Full review
ramones
Dec 31, 2006
sids_sorrow - yahoo.com
the visual for this wasnt so fantastic but it was the same as any other basic movie in its time. the ramones being in the movie made it worth seeing definatly. if you have senn this movie you might like some... Full review
lol
Dec 31, 2006
teamrekencilepaintball - yahoo.com
well me and my freind were at blocbuster and we saw this movie i was o dood this looks good and we rented along with another movie but we nvr wtached it and i hear alot about the ramones and if... Full review
My brief review of the film
Sep 29, 2005
sol- - imdb.com
An extremely silly and overdone comedy, the film is nevertheless still reasonably entertaining, as the songs are good, the characters are relatively fun to watch, and there are some genuine laughs along the way. The film has a thing or... Full review
the best
Feb 08, 2005
chicken_boyg - yahoo.com
the best because this is one of the best ramones movie. I seen the video of the movie and i was interested and just went and saw it so i give a a A+.SO if anybody had seen it a recomended... Full review
93 minutes of mindless fun from 1979. So what if P.J. Soles was damn near 30 when this was made...she can rock my high school any time she wants! Now that we're down to only one original Ramone (and even... Full review
A great tribute to rock'n'roll movies
Aug 30, 2004
Mark_McD - imdb.com
And this is a great rock'n'roll movie in itself. No matter how it evolved (at point being a movie about disco), it ended up as one of the ultimate movies in which kids want to rock out, but the principal... Full review
A Classic RocknRoll movie!!!!
May 20, 2004
gcboi488 - yahoo.com
This movie is an absolute classic and it has everything. IT has awesome music, performances, jokes and overall this movie rules. I love the music from the Ramones and the scenes are so cool. I love how they take over the... Full review

Critics Reviews

| Jan 03, 2006
The Trades
For the uninitiated, "Rock 'n' Roll High School" isn't just another cornball sex romp. The story revolves around Riff Randall (horror queen PJ Soles), who would much rather write songs for her beloved Ramones than sit in her classroom at Vince Lombardi High. ... Full Review
| Dec 13, 2005
DVD MovieGuide
Actually, much of the movie looked pretty good. I found the monaural soundtrack of Rock n Roll High School to fare even worse. Heavens no, but that doesnt make it a bad film. Rock 'N Roll High School: Special Edition (1979) ... Full Review
| Oct 04, 1993
Newsweek
It doesn't advance the plot. The director had dropped out of Sam Houston State University. ... Full Review

PopMatters
The above quotationdirector Allan Arkush and the Ramones favorite from Rock n Roll High School is reasons one, two, three, and four why the movie is such fun to watch. But Rock n Roll High School survived, one of Hollywoods happy accidents. ... Full Review

Combustible Celluloid
The great P.J. Soles ( Halloween , Stripes ) plays the Ramones' #1 fan, with a big crush on Joey.....The Ramones are and always have been one of Rock's great bands and this Roger Corman-produced classic is a perfect homage to them..... ... Full Review

News

But what do leading Chicago film critics, music critics, and historians think? Find out at CIMMfest 's "Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Movie Ever" panel at 3:30 pm on Sunday, March 8 at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. ... Full Article

The Ramones never got the recognition they deserved, at least as far as album sales. The band that more or less invented punk was always bitter that the Blink 182s and Green Days that ripped their sound hit the superstar... ... Full Article

Shorts, 9/18.
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Just in time for the end of summer vacation, Howard Stern is getting ready to go back to school. Rock 'n' Roll High School , to be exact. ... Full Article

Howard Stern just can't get enough of that sweet remake sugar. He may be taking longer to get Porky's back on the screen than he planned (the sex comedy remake is apparently going to start shooting later this year, but... ... Full Article

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