Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Angela Little, Chris Parnell, David Koechner

America loves Dewey Cox! But behind the music is the up-and-down-and-up-again story of a musician whose songs would change a nation. On his rock 'n roll spiral, Cox sleeps with 411 women, marries thre...( read more  read more... )e times, has 22 kids and 14 stepkids, stars in his own '70s TV show, collects friends ranging from Elvis to the Beatles to a chimp, and gets addicted to--and then kicks--every drug known to man. But despite it all, Cox grows into a national icon and eventually earns the love of a good woman--longtime backup singer Darlene.

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R, 1 hr. 36 min.

Directed by: Jake Kasdan

Released: December 21, 2007

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DVD Released: April 8, 2008

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  • April 27, 2009
    Still 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.
  • March 22, 2009
    Fun move, alot of great cameos.
  • March 15, 2009
    A 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 )
  • February 23, 2009
    ''It's called Karate, man. Only two kinds of people know it, The Chinese and The King. And one of them is me.''

    Singer Dewey Cox overcomes adversity to become a musical legend.

    John C. Reilly: Dewey Cox

    What a surprisingly funny and entertaining movie. This movi... ...( read more )
  • February 17, 2009
    Dewey Cox: I have a lot of pain in me.
    Darlene: Where does all that pain come from, Dewey?
    Dewey Cox: I cut my brother in half with a machete.
    Darlene: [shocked] What?
    Dewey Cox: Nothin', nothin'. Let's get some food, come on.

    This is the true to life biography of musical rock ... ...( read more )
  • July 1, 2009
    inspirational for me coz it shows how somebody change when he has everything but still he cant be complete for the thing that can only make him complete is the love from his father!and i love the soundtrack and the cutting in half by a machete.!1haha!never thought that a machete ... ...( read more )

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January 4, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today

Cox rocks. full review

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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  • perfectgentlemn
    July 20, 2008
    Ultimate 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
  • YLOWBSTARDreturns
    June 28, 2008
    I can't believe Jack White was ELVIS! He looked so... ALIVE.
  • TheDemonHunter
    January 14, 2008
    wish 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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