Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

This movie is an absolute must have, especially if you love spoof movies like we do... Awesome price for great laughs...

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I can’t believe it’s not a popular one .. from the people I talk to

Good feeling and fun

If typical Hollywood "Biopics" that typically don't represent actual events and over-dramatize every celebrity story make you roll your eyes-this movie is the best parody that lampoons every all of them. I am a huge John C Reilly fan and he does not disappoint-he is a comic genius. To really enjoy it-I highly recommend watching "Walk the Line" the Johnny Cash movie-because it takes a lot of hilarious shots at it you will recognize right off the bat. I watch this movie repeatedly and it makes me laugh uncontrollably every time! In fact, I'm "LOL'ing" as I write this review...LOLOL!!!!!!!!!!

What a fitting satire on the trivial pursuit of meaning in the world of the industrialized lands of the free. In the end, we get our heart's desire through the soundtrack of our lives. It's ever-changing but always the same. Reilly's genius is at the forefront. Time marches on and we keep our heroes intact. And Jack White does the best Elvis interp of all time. It is a handy, tight package of the binges of our lives. How funny can one film be? This funny.

Really loved this. Very Funny in a dry humor way. One of those films that you quote for years to come. IE: You don't want none of this Dewey" has become one of our group's favorite sayings. If you liked the movie Airplane good chance you will like this. Its a spoof of the Johnny Cash Movie.

This movie is just flat out hysterically funny. I'll start off by stating that I'm not the biggest fan of comedy but Judd Apatow seems to just get it right almost all the time from what of his I've watched. Except for Knocked up which was horrible, but that's another review. I usually find that movies like this while funny get littered with gags that are so stupid and out there that it just annoys me and drives me from it. This movie has only one seen that does that to me and thankfully it's in the very beginning.The story of very small town southern boy Dewy Coxs' story of sucess, excess, low points, just the gambit of life in all it's tragic hilarity. The story spans from the very early days of Rock N' Roll to modern times when he's an old man. In many ways it most parodies Walk the Line which came out a few years before, but also takes a very hilarious spin on many extreme and outrageous events of rock n roll lore. Throwing in a number of unique events. A life's journey that is insanely funny in it's tragedy and also funny and even heartwarming when he is content and settled down. You can't help but fall in love with Dewy Cox. Faults and all.The soundtrack is simply amazing. They really captured the essence of each decade the moment was set in. Capturing the mood, style, and movements that concerned each period. I was always a fan of John C Riley. This movie brought me a whole new level of respect and admiration. He truly sings all the songs himself and is very surprisingly talented. I just can't tell you how delightful this movie truly is. Just really captures all you could ask for a movie like this. Never a dull point in it. Just watch it yourself. 8 out of 5 stars for me.

Overlooked at the box office, but this is the Airplane of musical biopics. I've watched it so many times, and the jokes get funnier and the songs get better. True, the first ten minutes aren't brilliant, and the last twenty minutes do run out of steam a little, but everything in between has had me crying with laughter. Great performances, great songs, and the whole musical biopic genre is sent up affectionately but savagely. I love this film. If you're open to comedy, you won't be disappointed. And don't forget to walk hard, hard, down life's rocky road.

One of the best "parody" films, a send-up of just about every "biopic" of singers, most notably Walk the Line, Ray, and Love and Mercy.John C, Reilly is magnificent as Dewey Cox, a rough and ready rock and roller, whose past haunts him (not to mention, his father also). Full of fantastic humour, visual jokes, and some actually fine singing by Reilly as the troubled Dewey Cox. Reilly also performs his best as a witless wonder trying to act cool, supported by a band who he doesn't deserve (including Timothy Meadows, who gets Dewey hooked on the drug du jour; Chris Parnell, and Matt Besser), and his equally witless 2 wives, played by Kristin Wiig and Jenna Fischer. There are numerous cameo appearances, with the best being the Temptations.

Humour is very subjective but speaking as a musician (of sorts) with a keen interest in the history of rock/pop etc then this film really worked for me.If you imagine the bizarre love-child of Monty Python, The Blues Brothers and This Is Spinal Tap then you're on the way to getting what this is like.It is indeed a spoof of Walk The Line BUT it's done magnificently well and the music is excellent. The title song (Walk Hard) would have been a true hithad it been released in the late 50's / early 60's. Genius. The performances are all good and yes there are a few jokes that don't quite cut it but that'strue for all comedy films. The Blu-Ray transfer is good and ebar in mind that the director's cut is available as an extra on the disc. That's the one towatch because it IS better and the events cut for the theatrical version are all amusing and relevant to the story. My partner and her 15 year old daughterloved this too, hardly stopped laughing, so it has a wide potential audience. There's a fair bit of nudity, swearing and (comedic and justified) drug usepictured so if that bothers you then hey ... watch it anyway. ;-)'Have you heard the news? Dewey Cox is dead!'

Love it. John Reilly is fantastic as the titular Dewey whose life story is an amalgam of Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison, Brian Wilson, and many, many more. I can't believe more people haven't heard of this one, as i think it's both comedy and musical gold...the Spinal Tap of its day, but so much more. I even went out and bought the soundtrack, as the pastiches are as good if not better than some of the source material they're aimed at (one example being Van Dyke Parks even contributing to the 'Pet Sounds' track).

You need to know your rock'n'roll history (and a bit of country) to fully appreciate this. It's an unsung gem in the same category as Spinal Tap, and it has everything; real musicians and original (hilarious) lyrics. A fine night's entertainment. Long live Dewey Cox!