Walk Hard - The Dewey Cox Story (Widescreen Edition)

starring: John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Raymond J. Barry, Margo Martindale, Kristen Wiig directed by: Jake Kasdan See Larger Image List Price: $28.95 You Pay Only: $25.99 You Save: $2.96 (10%) Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: REILLY,JOHN C. EAN: 0043396214606 Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Sony Pictures Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Region Code: 99 Release Date: April 08, 2008 Running Time: 96 minutes Sales Rank: 15718 Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: December 21, 2007 Related Items: Semi-Pro There Will Be Blood (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition) Before the Devil Knows You're Dead Cloverfield The Bank Job see more Editorial Review: Product Description: Genre: Feature Film-Comedy Rating: R Release Date: 8-APR-2008 Media Type: DVD Amazon.com: The Pixar-like roll of Judd Apatow (The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Superbad) continues with another sure-fire hit. In charting the meteoric rise, catastrophic fall and Lazarus-like rise of rocker Dewey Cox, Walk Hard parodies the classic Hollywood bio-pic, cashing in mostly on Walk the Line. John C. Reilly, one of Hollywood's most solid character actors, makes the most of his Golden Globe-nominated star turn as Dewey, whose road to stardom is paved with a childhood tragedy that claims the life of his prodigiously talented brother ('The wrong kid died,' is his father's mantra), instant stardom (his first record is a hit just 35 minutes after it was recorded), sex and drugs, and the inevitable 'dark (effen) period' that leads him to rehab. Reilly gets solid backup from current and former Saturday Night Live alumni, including Kirsten Wiig as his incredibly fertile first wife who has no faith in his musical aspirations ('You're never going to make it,' she cheerily ends one phone call); Tim Meadows, never better, as Dewey's drummer, who, in one of the film's best scenes, does a poor job of dissuading him from trying marijuana); and Chris Parnell as his bass player. Jenna Fischer leaves Pam back at The Office as Darlene, Dewey's virtuous duet partner. Hilarious cameos give Walk Hard a great 'Hey!' factor: Hey, that's Frankie Muniz as Buddy Holly. Hey, that's 'Kenneth' from 30 Rock. Hey, there's Jack Black and Paul Rudd as--no kidding--Paul McCartney and John Lennon revealing 'a rift in the Beatles.' Some of the jokes are obvious (come on; the guy's last name is Cox), others inspired. But the decades-spanning music, echoing the styles of gritty Johnny Cash, romantic Roy Orbison, obtuse Bob Dylan, trippy Brian Wilson, and even a bit of anachronistic punk rock, is as pitch perfect and affectionately observed as in The Rutles, This Is Spinal Tap and A Mighty Wind. Walk Hard earns its R-rating, particularly for a sure-to-be-talked-about scene of hotel-room debauchery. But: Hilarious? Outrageous? Twisted? To quote the title of one of Dewey's hit songs, 'Guilty as Charged.' --Donald Liebenson Beyond Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story On Blu-ray The Soundtrack UMD for PSP Stills from Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (click for larger image) Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - One of the better movies ive seen of late John C Riley stars as Dewey Cox, a fictional take on Johnny Cash's Walk The Line. The movie does have a few good laughs but what really steals the film is the songs. Riley does a outstanding job as a singer and I hope he does more musical films. I liked the song Walk Hard and Lets Duet, one of the funniest songs ive heard in a long time. The part with The Beatles were awesome and I loved his take on Bob Dylan songs. I highly recommend this to fans of This Is Spinal Tap or A Mighty Wind. Its a good comedy on its own and ive yet to watch the unrated version. Rating: - Fantastic Movie If Your Looking For Fun And Laughs If you liked Walk the Line, you may want to steer clear of this movie, because you might be offended by the fact that they are parody-ing the life of Johnny Cash and other rags-to-riches performers. However, if you have a bit of a twisted sense of humor, and like John C Reilly, then this movie is amazing. I watched it in the theaters, then rented it to show to friends twice, and finally bought my own copy, which I showed to several more people because I was so impressed with the wit and energy of the movie. The songs are hilarious, and Tim Meadows is excellent in his supporting role. I'll Walk as Da*n Hard As I Please! Rating: - Not "Spinal Tap" But It'll Do Based on the lukewarm box office of "Walk Hard" it would appear that John C. Reilly will spend his career relegated to second banana status to Will Ferrell which is a shame. In past endeavors Reilly has shown himself to be a consistently fine comedian and singer and this film is no exception. Ostensibly a satire of musical biopics, particularly the Johnny Cash film, "Walk the Line", the laughs are scattershot but every now and then a bullseye is hit. Three scenes stand out in my mind. A bawdy duet with Jenna Fischer called "Let's Duet"(Do It?). A sidesplitting riff on Bob Dylan circa "Don't Look Back". A hilarious encounter with the Beatles during an audience with the Maharishi. There are a number of missed opportunities here but enough bellylaughs to make "Walk Hard" worth your while. Rating: - Walk hard This has got to be one of the funniest movies i have seen in a while. I have to be honest. When i saw the previews for this movie i didn't think it was any good but after renting it I IMMEADATLY went out and bought a copy. If you have seen Walk the line. This movie will make mors sence to you. You got to see this movie. you will be laughing from begining to end. Rating: - My Hopes Were Dashed Due to Judd Apatow's involvement with Walk Hard, I really had high hopes. I'm afraid those hopes were dashed. Walk Hard was an exercise in gratuitous vulgarity that totally doused the few truly funny moments that existed. While the lyrics to Dewey Cox's songs were uncouth, they were so creatively dirty you couldn't help but laugh. But that's where the creativity ended. Unfortunately, they decided to go overboard with the easy profanity, sex-jokes, and visual crudity so often I was rolling my eyes at the sheer stupidity of it all. And that sums up Walk Hard pretty well. They just tried to do too much and took the easy way out too often. It got to the point I was watching the clock because I was bored out of my mind with the movie, and that's never a good thing. Avoid this movie and spare yourself the pain. ~Scott William Foley, author of The Imagination's Provocation: Volume I: A Collection of Short Stories More Walk Hard - The Dewey Cox Story (Widescreen Edition) Reviews Browse for similar items by category: Comedy - Genres - DVD - Video - General Parody & Spoof General Marx Brothers Monty Python

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