Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

R

2007

1h 36m

Comedy

Musical

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Following a childhood tragedy, Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly) follows a long and winding road to music stardom. Dewey perseveres through changing musical styles, an addiction to nearly every drug known and bouts of uncontrollable rage, until finally, he wins the heart, but not necessarily the body, of his loyal backup singer, Darlene (Jenna Fischer).

Critics 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.

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

02/04/2015

The only gale-force laughter in later scenes comes when the hero meets the Beatles.

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Alonso Duralde

MSNBC

05/01/2008

3/5

... starts out brilliantly playing with the tired tropes of musical biopics before utterly losing its way.

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

01/18/2008

The end of a golden run for Judd Apatow.

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Farah Cheded

A Good Movie To Watch

11/11/2023

The danger with a parody is that the joke can get old quickly, but Walk Hard is blessedly full of laughs that would stand up even outside of the spoof framework.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

10/24/2023

2/4

This spends so much time dutifully tracking the clichés inherent in these types of films that a certain by-the-numbers stagnation begins to settle in.

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

12/21/2022

5/5

Fifteen years after its theatrical release, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story remains the be all-end all for the musical biopic genre.

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deliverence R

@RT49393968 Apr 12

This is what passes for comedy... My coworkers forced me to watch this movie. I knew i would not like it, but I didn't expect it to be this stupid. I get that it is a parody. The jokes were exceedingly obvious. The only part that was funny was the scene with the Beatles. This is why I rarely watch comedies. Now excuse me, my co workers are about to have an accidental workplace injury.

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Kimberly R.

@RT00915615 Mar 16

Awesome movie, one of the best movies I’ve seen.

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Michael L.

@WidgetMJL Mar 7

Hilarious spoof. Dragged a little at the end but overall some great chuckles

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Steven F.

@SteveGotScored Feb 20

By far one of the best musical comedies ever made!

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Oaklee D

@ODie63 Feb 4

A hilarious take on the biopic genre.

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Jason H

@RT50328122 Jan 18

It's much more entertaining than the biopics it spoofs.

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John C. Reilly

Dewey Cox

Jenna Fischer

Darlene

Raymond J. Barry

Pa Cox

Kristen Wiig

Edith Cox

Tim Meadows

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Synopsis

Following a childhood tragedy, Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly) follows a long and winding road to music stardom. Dewey perseveres through changing musical styles, an addiction to nearly every drug known and bouts of uncontrollable rage, until finally, he wins the heart, but not necessarily the body, of his loyal backup singer, Darlene (Jenna Fischer).

Director: Jake Kasdan
Producer: Judd Apatow, Clayton Townsend
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Production Co: Nominated Films
Rating: R (Graphic Nudity|Drug Use|Language|Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 21, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $18.3M
Runtime: 1h 36m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)