Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Name: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Genre: Comedy, Music
Released: December 21, 2007
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 63
Cast: John C. Reilly

2007

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Columbia Pictures | Release Date: December 21, 2007 | R

Starring: John C. Reilly

Summary: America loves Cox! But behind the singer/songwriter's music is the up-and-down-and-up-again story of a musician whose songs would change a nation. On his rock-and-roll spiral, Cox sleeps with 411 women, marries three times, has 22 kids and 14 stepkids, stars in his own '70s TV show, collects friends ranging from Elvis to the Beatles to aAmerica loves Cox! But behind the singer/songwriter's music is the up-and-down-and-up-again story of a musician whose songs would change a nation. On his rock-and-roll spiral, Cox sleeps with 411 women, marries three times, has 22 kids and 14 stepkids, stars in his own '70s TV show, collects friends ranging from Elvis to the Beatles to a chimp, and gets addicted to--and then kicks--every drug known to humankind...but despite it all, Cox grows into a national icon. (Sony Pictures)… Expand

Director: Jake Kasdan

Genre(s): Comedy, Music

Rating: R

Runtime: 96 min

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Michael Sragow

For 45 minutes, it zings along on perfectly pitched overstatement. Read full review

Jack Mathews

This kind of parody is hard to sustain for an hour and a half, and "Walk Hard" does gets wearying at times. But the humor is so outrageous, the original music so much fun and Reilly so good - both while hamming it up in the role and in singing the songs - that it's irresistible. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

The movie walks the line of surreal vulgarity (you will not, repeat not, expect the penis), yet most of it, intentionally, is less nutzoid than your average megaplex genre parody. Read full review

Liam Lacey

The movie manages a couple of popcorn-spitting-funny jokes for each biographical decade the film covers, though typically it's no better than moderately clever. Read full review

Michael Phillips

The tunes are so good, you can’t believe the film itself doesn’t amount to more, especially with the rightness of the casting. Still, a few laughs are better than none. Read full review

Pete Vonder Haar

Is Walk Hard” funny? Sure; very much so, in places. At least I think it is. It might just be the “Date Movie” talking. Read full review

Lawrence Toppman

The film is a saggy, oddly mean-spirited takeoff of "Walk the Line." Read full review

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Armyjackson

Oct 25, 2022

I have never seen a movie so many times and still enjoyed it as I have this one. It's also one of the most quotable movies I've ever watched. I recommend watching this under more blankets if you get cold, but less blankets if you get hot.

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JonoB.

Dec 21, 2007

It's from Apatow...what were you expecting.