Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)

  • 74% of critics liked it
    (139 reviews)

  • 55% of users liked it
    (290,308 ratings)

Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan team up to take the swagger out of the traditional music biopic with this look at the troubled life of fictional music legend Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly). Apatow and Kasdan both write and produce, while Freaks and Geeks and Orange County director Kasdan steps into the… More

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R, 1 hr. 36 min.
Directed By
Jake Kasdan
Written By
Judd Apatow, Jake Kasdan
Genres
Comedy
In Theaters
Dec 21, 2007 Wide
On DVD
Apr 8, 2008
Sony Pictures/Columbia

Critic Reviews

  • David Denby, New Yorker

    Walk Hard runs down quickly, and suffers further from having the wide-eyed and weightless Reilly as its star.

  • Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer

    Reilly is recklessly funny.

  • Claudia Puig, USA Today

    Cox rocks.

  • Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine

    Call me a cynic, call me a curmudgeon, call me perverse -- I loved every moment of Dewey Cox's story.

  • Peter Howell, Toronto Star

    Walk Hard is the kind of movie that you want to love and not just like, but liking it is good enough.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bob S


    Couple laughs and a few chuckles. Music was pretty well done but overall just too predictable.

  • Directors C


    John C. Reily never dissappoints when he's in a lead role. I loved Step Brothers and Cyrus, I have now found another Reilly favourite. One of the best musicals I have ever seen. Walk Hard has a clever original soundtrack, genuine belly laughs and manages to hold the illusion that… More

  • Anthony L


    The first rule when making a spoof/parody is that it has to be funny. Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox story isn't particularly funny. It's clever, I get the jokes and noticed the references but most of them fall short of being funny and feel like wasted opportunities. It's not… More

  • Matt G


    What a hilarious movie. Such a good parody with a great and big cast! Never seen Jenna Fischer in a role like that. I like it. The Beatles were SO funny! Ringo was the best. John C. Reilly's performance was no less then god-like. I highly recommend this.

  • Alice S


    Jenna Fischer is a stone-cold fox.

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