Albert Fried-Cassorla
How I missed this hilarious comedy on the first trip around, I'll never know. Streamed it the other night. John C. Reilly is phenomenal as he portrays any number of Rock gods of the 1950' through the early 2000's. Chiefly, he plays Johnny Cash. I found the script and film-making wonderful, as a satire on rock cliches. Within it are takeoffs on The Beatles, Bob Dylan, June Carter Cash (Jenna Fischer) and many more. Even more amazing is that Reilly recorded 33 original songs for the movie with his backup band. And they are in varied styles. He handles all with aplomb. And so, it is a plum!
Art Vandelay
Take 1 part Hollywood's most over-rated writer. Take 1 part respected comedic second banana and try to make him the lead. Sprinkle generous amounts of material stolen from much, much better movies. Half-Bake for 90 minutes. Result: A movie that's neither as clever as Spinal Tap or Mighty Wind. Not as funny as Airplane or Naked Gun. And just a pale imitation of the average crappy Will Ferrell movie. Not an original line, thought or scene in this entire movie. My guess is Will Ferrell was too busy (I doubt he was too discriminating to walk away from the paycheque) so they made a Will Ferrell movie with his sidekick. In some respects I feel fortunate, however. By the time the final scene rolls around and they're splicing in retrospective clips during his farewell performance, it's clear they shot a million miles of film, and only the ''best'' stuff made it into the main narrative, while even more cringe-inducing bilge hit the cutting-room floor. This movie is so bad it lowers my respect for John C. Reilly, who I long thought was the actual genius in Will Ferrell comedies.
elshikh4
The idea was spoofing many singers' bio-pics and lives, especially after a string of musical bio-pics within a few years earlier like Beyond the Sea (2004), Ray (2004), and Walk the Line (2005). Well, it sounds tempting. And I have to admit; the trailer got me. But regrettably, it was ugly. So abysmally ugly ! First of all, John C. Reilly, who's a very good actor, looks incredibly ugly, if not scary, as the title character. There was a love scene for him that I suffered from, and couldn't even understand, where he was totally unfunny, and with slow pace, no music, and low-angle—turned into killer horror ! Throughout the whole movie, he does nothing laughable, and seems really cheap. By the way, don't try to search for anyone else. Save Reilly, the rest are cameos.Comedy means smartness. A rule that this movie never heard of. Therefore its writers chose the ultimate easy solution; which is filth, disappointing every attempt to write a good situation or dialog, resorting – instead – to absolute dirtiness that any mean adolescent could create, and while immersing into it, the whole movie turned into mean adolescent itself ! Actually, the script is jammed with many kinds of filth. Filthy jokes, filthy images, and even filthy meanings. For instance, the matter of addicting different drugs along the years exceeded being a running gag, to be some sort of drugs' glorification, as if no genius or success can be reached without them. This is not a parody inasmuch as publicity ! I really got fed up with movies that have nearly nothing but swearing, nudity, and drugs, while presenting themselves as comedies. These are crimes more than fun. "Rated R for sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and language" will transform movies into hard porn, if hasn't done that already! It's clear that Hollywood in the last decades drives us to obtain entertainment from sewers, addressing dreadfully an animalistic side in us.So as a comedy, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story didn't make me laugh. It did make me abhor. And as a comedy from Hollywood lately, it's another monster disguised as a pet. It's not a movie for me. It's a repulsive toilet, where nobody cared to flush once, to make an audience of repulsive toilets as well. The thing is, if I wanted something else, it's no where to be seen. Because big percentage of Hollywood comedies nowadays became trashy, or frank trash. And anyone with an atom of brain, or sensitivity, must flee to the old comedies, where intelligence, respect, and human were still part of the mix. For my, their worst is better than those saddening contemporary comedies.
talemunja
At beginning of movie i thought this is great parody. The moment older 'kid' appear i see disaster."Humor" was more tasteless as movie continues. Bored by watching it, i wait patiently to see development but all i see was pathetic try of this movie to pass as "funny parody".-Instead to bring audience into funny world of our hero-they presented him as "big shoot" who somehow know what to do but do "funny" stuff. Just remember Leslie Nielsen: He' never egoistic, he try his best but always make disaster-that's funny! Our "hero" in this movie is egoistic, he is infantile, treats his wife bad, do orgy, penises appear on screen which is absolutely unnecessary and unforgettable from family point of view. -Like someone try to bring you giggle with tease when you are bounded. This film is so annoying.
