- Release date: 2007
- Runtime: 96 min
- Genre: Comedy, Music
- Starring: Nat Faxon, John C. Reilly, Tim Meadows, Conner Rayburn ... See all
- Director: Jake Kasdan
- Plot: Singer Dewey Cox overcomes adversity to become a musical legend.
User Reviews
Hysterical!
Jul 05, 2008
tampabayjay - yahoo.com
Jul 05, 2008tampabayjay - yahoo.com
After 200 movie reviews on Yahoo movies, I noticed a disturbing trend. When it comes to comedies, I'm a tough cookie to crack. I either think the movie is a paint-by-numbers (see any Adam Sandler review), or maybe it outlasts it's... Full review
Cal Naughton Jr. no longer finishing second
Jun 15, 2008
view_and_review - imdb.com
Jun 15, 2008view_and_review - imdb.com
Oh yes this movie was funny. I didn't have many expectations, if any, of this movie, but it certainly delivered. I knew from the trailers and ads that the movie was going to parallel if not parody "Walk the Line",... Full review
Dewey Cox: Riley makes him real
Apr 25, 2008
Terry Meehan - imdb.com
Apr 25, 2008Terry Meehan - imdb.com
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (rated R). Directed by Jake Kasden. Written by Judd Apatow and Jake Kasden. Starring John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Raymond J. Berry, Kristen Wiig, Tim Meadows, Harold Ramis & Chris Parnell. Running Time: 96... Full review
If you want get a good laugh this is your movie
Apr 12, 2008
armyftcky1981 - yahoo.com
Apr 12, 2008armyftcky1981 - yahoo.com
I was shocked when I was reading all the bad comments about this movie. It was one of the funniest movie I have ever seen. I think people are expecting movies to have something that will blow their minds when they... Full review
PEOPLE WALKED OUT...
Apr 12, 2008
sandranjackson - yahoo.com
Apr 12, 2008sandranjackson - yahoo.com
I went to the pre screening of the movie. People did not pay for the movie and STILL WALKED OUT! I thought the movie had a few moments but not enough to hold up the movie. I saw the commerical and... Full review
hilarious
Feb 06, 2008
mattkratz - imdb.com
Feb 06, 2008mattkratz - imdb.com
I thought this was a brilliant satire of the biopic genre. It was obviously borrowed from Walk the Line, but there was plenty of other stuff thrown in as well. It was a truly hilarious movie, including the scenes where... Full review
You Just Can't Please Some People
Jan 26, 2008
cincyninja - imdb.com
Jan 26, 2008cincyninja - imdb.com
To all the people who did not like this movie and said it was not funny, I cannot help but wonder if they accidentally saw some crappy independent film.Allow me to state the obvious for those who did not get... Full review
Almost walkedou, Glad I didn't
Jan 19, 2008
blacklion50 - yahoo.com
Jan 19, 2008blacklion50 - yahoo.com
After the first fifteen minutes or so I was thinking about walking out. After a few "Kung Pow- enter the fist" like jokes and gags including a regular looking John C Reiley saying "But Mom, I'm only 14 years old" (which... Full review
Strangely funny
Jan 04, 2008
Kristine - imdb.com
Jan 04, 2008Kristine - imdb.com
When I first saw the trailer to Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, I didn't think much of it other than "Oh, great, another Knocked Up wanna be", it just seems like they won't stop with these over the top... Full review
Unbiased Review of Walk Hard
Dec 30, 2007
halfgrk - yahoo.com
Dec 30, 2007halfgrk - yahoo.com
Ive noticed many User Reviews have been very critical of the movie. Judd Apatow has been on fire this year with hits such as Knocked Up and Superbad. Walk Hard does a good job as a satire of the careers of... Full review
News
2007 was a year of musical movies
tri-cityherald.com –
2008-05-07
I tried hard not to delve back into 2007, but the recent spate of music in movies has been too impressive to ignore. All in the latter half of the year, Hollywood put out some amazing movies where music doesn't... ... Full Article
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story on Blu-ray Disc: Review By Chris Boylan
bigpicturebigsound.com –
2008-04-08
Some films take themselves way too seriously.This is not one of them.Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story tells the life story of the greatest rock star who never lived. ... Full Article
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, 15
independent.co.uk –
2008-03-27
Walk Hard is a winningly cheeky parody of the rock '*'roll biopic genre, specifically Walk the Line and Ray, two films that were so similar and so formulaic that they were almost parodies of each other. ... Full Article
John C. Reilly Sings Dewey Cox
npr.org –
2008-01-09
John C. Reilly does Cox
flickfilosopher.com –
2008-01-03

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