John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Kristen Wiig
Singer Dewey Cox overcomes adversity to become a musical legend.
DVD Release Date: April 8, 2008
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September 8, 2009An uneven comedy that manages to be more hit than miss. Walk Hard has the funniest songs since Team America: World Police, but this kind of absurd comedy isn't perfect for everyone. If you don't laugh within the first 5 minutes, then do yourself a favor and turn the movie off. Th...( read more)
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July 21, 2009Walk Hard, like numerous parodies, had the potential to be a funny movie. Somehow, somewhere along the way this became a big miss. It has a few moments of laughter, but mostly chuckles at best. The story feels a little long winded and flat. John C. Riley's best assests are as...( read more)
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April 27, 2009Still great and greatly over looked.
I loved the fuck out of this movie. A great send up of all the musician themed movies that take themselves too seriously. -
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March 15, 2009A definite parody of Walk the Line, which has some shining moments and some not so shining moments. John C Reilly, normally the sidekick, holds his own in the lead role of Dewey Cox. The music is actually fairly good, there's some very classic scenes and for me, I found it more...( read more)
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October 27, 2009There are some very funny moments, but the movie is too long and often just too over-the-top for its own good.
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October 27, 2009this film should be rubbish but it had me cracking up. it's a complete rip off of 'walking the line' but underneath it rips all of these musicians who claim to have had it hard when it's all bollocks. some really funny stuff.
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October 12, 2009It started really well, I enjoyed John C. Reilly's brilliant and funny impression of Joaquin in Walk the Line, especially the part with his brother at the beginning, but this film soon spirals out of control into a joke that went too far. The joke goes too far, its always sad t...( read more)
Critic Reviews
January 4, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today
December 21, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim
After 'Superbad' and 'Knocked Up', Judd Apatow has now pulled off the movie equivalent of the Triple Crown. full review
December 21, 2007
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Writer-producer Judd Apatow, star John C. Reilly and director Jake Kasdan eviscerate the genre gleefully. full review
December 21, 2007
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Walk Hard is funniest in its first half, when you're not quite sure where it's going, and drags in the second, by which time you realize it's going nowhere. full review
December 21, 2007
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
In a season loaded with serious films about war and loss, there's bound to be an audience out there looking for some undemanding holiday laughs. full review
December 21, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Instead of sending everything over the top at high energy, like Top Secret or Airplane!, they allow Reilly to more or less actually play the character, so that, against all expectations, some scenes a... full review
December 20, 2007
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Walk Hard is 100 minutes of fun, and for pure, uncomplicated enjoyment, it's the movie to see right now. full review
December 19, 2007
Armond White, The New York Press
Walk Hard is Apatow's undistinguished -- in fact, shamelessly derivative -- contribution to the mockumentary genre. full review
December 16, 2007
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
The film gets some mileage out of mocking fatuous biopic conventions. full review
December 13, 2007
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
The tricky thing about parody movies is that the jokes get old fast and they're hit-and-miss. Walk Hard is guilty on both counts. How lucky that when the jokes do hit, they kick major ass. full review
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July 20, 2008Ultimate Stupid Funny, Great movie, Woke up laughing a day later, still.... LOL, "Get outta here, You Don't want any part of this..." lol... Oh but you will, Watch this movie, it's Ridiculous. ;-) Enjoy
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January 14, 2008wish that stupid banner would sod off, I like to type/hit buttons without a naked pic of Dewey Cox spinning down into my screen but I can't! Put a decent banner up already and one that doesn't annoy!
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