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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Rating: See it/ Buy the DVD
Walk hard is the new movie from Judd Apatow and company who have quickly become a huge name in comedy over the past year with Talladega Nights, Knocked Up, and Superbad which all did great and are some of my favorite comedies. Walk hard is very different than anything they have done before, and is making fun of all of the biopics of musicians and also a lot of VH1 behind the music specials. If the Apatow crew wasn't behind this one then I would have skipped it for sure because of the horrific date movie scary movie spin-offs, and at first glance this looks like its in the same bag.
Walk hard is one of the funniest laugh out loud comedies of the year hands down, and I spent most of this movie laughing my ass off at the amazing documentation of the history of this pretend character. It helps a lot if you have seen Walk the Line because it follows it very closely at times but also just makes fun of the whole industry in some parts. There are also jokes that are completely out of the blue that carry on throughout the whole movie but they don't feel out of place at all and are a welcomed change. I really don't want to give away any of the jokes because I enjoyed them so much that I would not like to ruin any of them Most of the jokes work at least to some extent but the ones that really work will come fast and furious and I had to hold back tears at certain points of the movie.
Its amazing that casts like this can still get together, and make great movies because this has to be one of the best ensemble casts I have ever seen in a comedy. It mixes famous and new actors along with staples in the music industry with my favorite being Jack from The White Stripes playing Elvis. Reilly carries the movie like the top class actor that he is and really shines Dewey and Jenna Fischer finally lives up to all of the great parts she has gotten over the last couple of years.
This is a movie that I really enjoyed and thoroughly recommend for anyone who liked the biopics of recent years or just want a complete spoof of the music industry as a whole. Not everything works and some parts are a little dull or plain stupid but if you can forgive the minor flaws then this will definitely be a great way to close out 2007
Score: Buy the Ticket
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Rating: See it/ Buy the DVD
Walk hard is the new movie from Judd Apatow and company who have quickly become a huge name in comedy over the past year with Talladega Nights, Knocked Up, and Superbad which all did great and are some of my favorite comedies. Walk hard is very different than anything they have done before, and is making fun of all of the biopics of musicians and also a lot of VH1 behind the music specials. If the Apatow crew wasn't behind this one then I would have skipped it for sure because of the horrific date movie scary movie spin-offs, and at first glance this looks like its in the same bag.
Walk hard is one of the funniest laugh out loud comedies of the year hands down, and I spent most of this movie laughing my ass off at the amazing documentation of the history of this pretend character. It helps a lot if you have seen Walk the Line because it follows it very closely at times but also just makes fun of the whole industry in some parts. There are also jokes that are completely out of the blue that carry on throughout the whole movie but they don't feel out of place at all and are a welcomed change. I really don't want to give away any of the jokes because I enjoyed them so much that I would not like to ruin any of them Most of the jokes work at least to some extent but the ones that really work will come fast and furious and I had to hold back tears at certain points of the movie.
Its amazing that casts like this can still get together, and make great movies because this has to be one of the best ensemble casts I have ever seen in a comedy. It mixes famous and new actors along with staples in the music industry with my favorite being Jack from The White Stripes playing Elvis. Reilly carries the movie like the top class actor that he is and really shines Dewey and Jenna Fischer finally lives up to all of the great parts she has gotten over the last couple of years.
This is a movie that I really enjoyed and thoroughly recommend for anyone who liked the biopics of recent years or just want a complete spoof of the music industry as a whole. Not everything works and some parts are a little dull or plain stupid but if you can forgive the minor flaws then this will definitely be a great way to close out 2007
Score: Buy the Ticket