Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
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Reviews Counted:137
Fresh:102
Rotten:35
Average Rating:6.5/10
Consensus: A parody that pokes fun at rock stars and reductive biopics alike, this comedy sings in large part because of stellar performances and clever original music.
Theatrical Release:18-01-2008
Synopsis: Somewhere between pitch-perfect parodies from Christopher Guest and Co. (such as THIS IS SPINAL TAP and A MIGHTY WIND) and slapstick spoofs (such as AIRPLANE and the NAKED GUN) resides the farcical... [More]
Starring: John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Tim Meadows, Kristen Wiig
Director: Jake Kasdan
Reviews for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
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 3/5 |
This biopic rocks - well, the first half does. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Another comedy winner; if you have to ask why, it’s because it involves the Knocked Up guy. Hilarious – even the Beatles bit, this looks set to be a hit. Full Review |
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The end of a golden run for Judd Apatow. Full Review |
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2/5 |
Some laughs, but you expect more from Apatow. Full Review |
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2/5 |
A dismal indulgence. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
Knocked up hurriedly, you feel, in between Apatow's other projects, Walk Hard is the feted writer-producer's first fumble. As Spinal Tap's Nigel Tufnel might have put it, this one only goes to two-and-a-half. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Reilly, one of our best supporting actors graduating to star status, finally bound for glory. Full Review |
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3/6 |
The one area where ‘Walk Hard’ does manage to hold its own against classics of the genre such as ‘This is Spinal Tap’ or ‘Sweet and Lowdown’ is the music, all of which is expertly written and performed. Full Review |
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3/5 |
John C Reilly just about holds together a funny but patchy comedy that puts a ten-megaton bomb under the cliched rock biopic – and never detonates it. Full Review |
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Like the drunk guy who squeezes your arm and tells the same joke over and over until you laugh, goddamn you, laugh! Full Review |
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8/10 |
The entire film has three repetitive jokes: Dewey cut his brother in half, Dewey can't smell, and he's going to take drugs. So it's kind of amazing how well the film works. Full Review |
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4/5 |
Throughout his entire acting career, John C. Reilly has always played second fiddle, and his choice in movies has never really allowed him to show off his comedic talents. That is, at least, until now. Full Review |
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3/5 |
... starts out brilliantly playing with the tired tropes of musical biopics before utterly losing its way. Full Review |
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71/100 |
Awfully uneven, sometimes not funny at all, but John C. Reilly is so goofily sincere and Jake Kasdan and Judd Apatow include enough comedic gems to make it worthwhile. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Walk Hard brings the funny and a keen observational sense Full Review |
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4/5 |
fantastic fun Full Review |
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John C. Reilly does Dewey Cox as a hilarious stoner, beer gut middle-aged teen, with a touch of Imus. Move over, Britney Spears. Full Review |
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3/5 |
Como sátira às inúmeras e formulaicas cinebiografias de músicos célebres, o filme funciona maravilhosamente bem. Pena que recaia com tanta freqüência na paródia, que peca por um exagero que embaraçaria até mesmo o trio Zucker-Abraham-Zucker.
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a perfect storm of incompetent idiocy that might kill off mockumentaries altogether. Full Review |
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Who knew that Judd Apatow, the master of sex comedies, also spoke jive? Full Review |
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