Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

I don't ever hear anyone talk about this movie but it's actually a pretty great parody of "Walk the Line". John C. Reilly kills it as Dewey Cox a young kid who was cast away from his family and goes down as a music legend. The comedy beats you over the head with the lines and it's intentional and there are plenty of laugh out loud moments. The music is actually really quality too and adds to making it a great comedy rather than a good one. It shows the whole life of Dewey Cox and I for sure recommend it. It even had a nice Jonah Hill cameo that I forgot about.

Walk Hard is a parody of musical biopics such as Ray and Walk the Line. Dewey Cox is mostly based on Johnny Cash.Dewey Cox (John C Reilly) is a poor farm boy growing up in Alabama. In 1946 as a child, Dewey accidentally chops his brother Nate in half with a machete while they were playing. You knew this would happen as his brother took part in dangerous activities while proclaiming he would live to a ripe old age.This incident causes a rift with his father who keeps telling Dewey that the wrong son died and Dewey loses his sense of smell.As a teenager, Dewey gains notoriety for playing the devil's music and he leaves town to make his own way at the age of 14 with his 12 year old girlfriend Edith (Kristen Wiig.)Dewey gets his big break in a black nightclub where they play music to have sex to, as Dewey replaces the main singer at the last minute. The Hasidic Jewish record executives at the show get him an audition with a record producer where Dewey suddenly pulls out a hit song.As the years go by Dewey tries to deal with his childhood trauma by taking a wide variety of drugs even though his drummer pleads with him not to try them. He also never pays for the drugs.Dewey has an affair with his backing singer Darlene (Jenna Fischer) who he marries while still being married to Edith. Dewey later finds out he had lots of children.As tastes change Dewey tries different musical genres to stay relevant, there is even a trippy, hippy animated pert in India with the Beatles.Written by Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan, this is one of the better spoofs as it tries to be fresh and avoid lazy retreads which a lot of post Zucker Abrahams Zucker parodies has done.Reilly is very convincing as Dewey Cox because he plays it straight, you would actually think Dewey is a real country music star which is actually alluded to in the post credit sequence.The Beatles sequence with the bad scouse accents was the most fun. It certainly is an entertainingly silly spoof and there are a lot of star cameos.

This is one of the best comedies I've seen for a while. It's not overly funny and doesn't try to be a laugh a minute kind of comedy. But the story line keeps you interested the whole time while you wait for the jokes to come .I know the movie is a kind of spoof of walk the line and goes through the highs and lows of starts in the era of the Beatles , Orbison , cash and co, but it was delivered in a way that is funny and also made me feel for the character, who can't feel for this guy, he's brilliant in most films he's in, apart from maybe step brothers is day this is he's next best role in any movie and it's perfectly made for him. the supporting cast in be movie all had great roles too, and even the singing and the songs in the movie were enjoyable to me haha.I'd definitely recommend this , and I could definitely watch it again and again.

Just watched it again after couple of years. It is hilarious. artful and outstandingly produced, written and acted. Many of the actors are readily recognized from other roles in movies and TV, and went on to do other successful features and TV series...e.g. Jenna Fischer The Office. The R-rating allowed honesty and some funny vulgarity and language that some governments consider more dangerous than violence; go figure. Even more funny if you've seen 'Walk the Line'; The Buddy Holly Story; and even. 'One Flew Over the Cucko's Nest, plus and a few others, you'll remember as you watch the movie. The Dewy Cox songs are also good music and the lyrics contribute smartly to the outright audacious humour. Judd Apitow was involved in the writing of, Walk Hard, and I feel,it would likely be considered among his best work, if not for limited audience because of the R rating. But it was worth it. A film that will get even more appreciated and stay very funny with time.