Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story DVD Review

"Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story" reviews

DVD

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

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anonymous

Date reviewed

2008-05-09 16:50:30

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DVD Review

Despite coming from comedy supremo Judd Apatow, Walk Hard stumbled at the box office. However, this comedy spoof of music biopics Ray and Walk The Line should fare better on DVD, as it really belongs at home with an audience of cult followers.

While it might not have the high standard of quotable zingers like Anchorman (another comedy that has found its home on DVD) there are plenty of gags to watch over and over again - the midget man song, Dewey Cox's meeting with The Beatles and John C Reilly as a twelve year old boy.

The film tells the story of Dewy Cox (Reilly) - a talented musician who leaves home after he accidentally cuts his brother in half with a machete. It chronicles his highs as a musician who invents folk, bubblegum pop and punk and his lows, with all their accompanying drug taking and womanising.

Unfortunately, the great gags walk hand in hand with lots of tumbleweed groaners, which is surprising considering how assured the house of Apatow are at this sort of thing.

It's a good thing then that they cast Reilly. He plays it so straight that he actually harnesses the intensity of his acclaimed roles in Boogie Nights and Magnolia. It's a bewildering sight seeing an actor trying to thesp his way through all the silliness, but, luckily for Apatow, it ends up being the main reason why Walk Hard is not a complete waste of time.

Extras include full musical performances, deleted scenes and a commentary by John C. Reilly, Judd Apatow and director Jake Kasdan.