They dont do Half stars"so im writing it here,ive given Walk hard three and a half stars.Fans of Anchorman and John c reily should realy enjoy this supremely Daft Comedy,Right from Boogie nights i knew John c reily had a good Deadpan face for comedy"and its no suprise to see him sparring comedy chops with Will ferrell"Although he,s not in the same ball park as Ferrell"He is Good and Funny.People who are Fans of Music will get a kick out of the some of the Mad ideas on show here,Such as the multi-layering of music on a big overblown track""The Beach boys anyone?""i want 500 Digeridoos on it tommorow.Elvis a mumbling womanising"kung fu freak psycho,The Fashions,The drugs,The Cheesy music & a spot on group parody of The Beatles"ive got a song about an Octopus"well why dont u stick it up your Arse Ringo starr.Walk hards not a classic"but its certainly worth a look by people who love silly comedies that never for a second take themselves seriously and alot of the Sending up is Spot on.

parody of musical biographical movies such as 'Ray' and 'Walk' the line,i was looking forward to this. yes, at first, a few laugh out moments, but then it got stale,relying on the same jokes over and over.airplane it isnt.anchorman it isnt. its not even on par with Talladega Nights. better off renting it/ borrowing it. dont waste your money on this.

This film could so easily have gone the other way and been a flop. Fortunately it's in good hands. King of comedy at the moment Judd Apatow writes and produces this time taking his 2007 score to 3 hits out of 3 (Knocked Up and Superbad being his other two).

The comedy comes from almost every character be it Dewey's first wife who keeps telling him he'll never make it in music despite the fact he's already risen to the top or The Beatles whose fall out is simply hilarious as are the actors poor Liverpudlian accents (whether or not this is intentional is up to the audience to decide).

The songs are also a source of many a laugh, the lyrics for Cox's activist song about people who are, let's say vertically challenged creates some laugh out loud moments - especially the line 'Let me hold you little man so the dog will stop licking your face' and the innuendo in the song 'Let's Duet' is simply brilliant.

A must see for music fans and comedy fans alike.

After seeing a great performance from John C Reilly in Talladega Nights (Shake & Bake!!!) it was a no brainer to see this film. What an absolute gem, it rivals Anchorman for cult status - and the songs actually aren't that bad either. If you liked Superbad, Anchorman, Old School, Talladega Nights or any film like that give this a go. You will not be disappointed - and look out for the Beatles scene.Absolute GOLD!

This DVD, I was shocked to discover, had only 4 of the features listed, so much less than the US release, and none of them were the commentary.
It's an absolutely hilarious parody, bringing back the good old times of Naked Gun and Airplane! rather than Scary Movie 2 and Meet The Spartans.
However, there are some patchy hit and miss segments, which are easier to ignore with the great acting and character development, making it a fun package all round.

what can i say one of the best films i have seen in a long while

This is a terrible film from a terrible actor who is not funny and has no class

This movie is out of this world hysterical. A film has not made me laugh this much since Anchorman. It has tendency's of a spoof movie, but is just flat out funny. Seriously if you liked movies like Anchorman or Superbad, then this is right down your alley.

When young Dewey Cox accidentally cuts his brother in half with a machete, it sets him on a long, hard, and winding road that traverses the most profoundly important moments in modern music history spanning the 1950's to today. "Walk Hard" was erroneously advertised as yet another comedic romp from Judd Apatow. While as the co-screenwriter here many of Apatow's trademarks can be found including the usual sophomoric sexual humor and ironic pop-culture references, "The Dewey Cox Story" is actually closer in spirit to the mocumentaries of Christopher Guest ("This is Spinal Tap!" and "Best in Show") as channeled through the spastic colon of the "Naked Gun" films.

This is a parody played hilariously straight. The target of its mockery is so succinct and sharply pointed--the recent Oscar-winning musical biopics "Ray" and "Walk the Line"--that the film's true comedic genius may be lost on people who didn't really pay attention to those films or thought this would just be another "Superbad." The film's mimesis of its source materials is so spot-on, that it even follows their same cadence and nearly falls apart midway as it glosses over many points in history and aspects of the musician's life while covering every cliché possible from the temptations of life on the road with drugs and groupies to bouts in rehab and bitter divorces to long dry periods that suddenly make way for life-altering inspiration.

At the center of "Walk Hard" is John C. Reilly who sings and acts his heart out to hilarious effect. A former Oscar nominee for "Chicago", Reilly has since cut a niche for himself as the second banana to bigger comedy stars like Will Ferrell in "Talladega Nights" and for the first time gets a film to call his own. Tim Meadows is shockingly funny as the friend who ushers in Cox's decent into drug use (his overly accentuated but still deadpan line deliveries are priceless), while Jenna Fishcher is sprite and lovely as the June Carter cutie to Cox's Johnny Cash wannabee. Other SNL players including Kristin Wiig and Chris Parnell and Apatow alumni like Paul Rudd (as John Lennon!) and Jonah Hill pop in and out of the film amidst an onslaught of funny sight-gags and one-liners. Also in on the fun is a cavalcade of current music stars including the lead singer of the White Stipes as Elvis and Eddie Vedder as himself doing a nonsensical quasi-spiritual riff on Cox's legacy while presenting a Lifetime Achievement Award.

The heart of "Walk Hard" is in the music. If you were to not listen so closely, you might be fooled into thinking these were actual hit songs from their respective time periods. Of course, listening to the lyrics is part of the fun. The ridiculously silly double-entendres in Cox's duet with his honey-to-be Darlene are especially funny, while I personally found their spoof of a Bob Dylan song to be downright brilliant. Since the writers took the time to be so verbose and intricate with their nonsensical free-form versing, they allowed the bit to work on multiple levels as both an homage and a biting jab at Dylan's alleged lyrical genius.

Utimately "Walk Hard", in ways both monumentally stupid and unfathomably smart, proves to be almost too clever for its own good. It may have bombed in it's first-run at the box office, but I would imagine it will eventually find its audience. In one pivotal early scene Cox begs his wife to believe in him and his dreams of becoming a successful singer. She replies something to the effect of, "Oh, baby, I do. I just believe you're gonna fail." I couldn't have said it better myself, and it still has me laughing.

If u ask me what genre of film i hate the most it would be spoof, but this film is awesome. Very funny from start to finish.