Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2-Disc Unrated Edition) [Blu-ray]

John C Riley stars as Dewey Cox, a fictional take on Johnny Cash's Walk The Line. The movie does have a few good laughs but what really steals the film is the songs. Riley does a outstanding job as a singer and I hope he does more musical films. I liked the song Walk Hard and Lets Duet, one of the funniest songs ive heard in a long time. The part with The Beatles were awesome and I loved his take on Bob Dylan songs. I highly recommend this to fans of This Is Spinal Tap or A Mighty Wind. Its a good comedy on its own and ive yet to watch the unrated version.

If you liked Walk the Line, you may want to steer clear of this movie, because you might be offended by the fact that they are parody-ing the life of Johnny Cash and other rags-to-riches performers. However, if you have a bit of a twisted sense of humor, and like John C Reilly, then this movie is amazing. I watched it in the theaters, then rented it to show to friends twice, and finally bought my own copy, which I showed to several more people because I was so impressed with the wit and energy of the movie. The songs are hilarious, and Tim Meadows is excellent in his supporting role. I'll Walk as Da*n Hard As I Please!

Based on the lukewarm box office of "Walk Hard" it would appear that John C. Reilly will spend his career relegated to second banana status to Will Ferrell which is a shame. In past endeavors Reilly has shown himself to be a consistently fine comedian and singer and this film is no exception. Ostensibly a satire of musical biopics, particularly the Johnny Cash film, "Walk the Line", the laughs are scattershot but every now and then a bullseye is hit. Three scenes stand out in my mind. A bawdy duet with Jenna Fischer called "Let's Duet"(Do It?). A sidesplitting riff on Bob Dylan circa "Don't Look Back". A hilarious encounter with the Beatles during an audience with the Maharishi. There are a number of missed opportunities here but enough bellylaughs to make "Walk Hard" worth your while.

This has got to be one of the funniest movies i have seen in a while. I have to be honest. When i saw the previews for this movie i didn't think it was any good but after renting it I IMMEADATLY went out and bought a copy. If you have seen Walk the line. This movie will make mors sence to you. You got to see this movie. you will be laughing from begining to end.

Due to Judd Apatow's involvement with Walk Hard, I really had high hopes. I'm afraid those hopes were dashed. Walk Hard was an exercise in gratuitous vulgarity that totally doused the few truly funny moments that existed.

While the lyrics to Dewey Cox's songs were uncouth, they were so creatively dirty you couldn't help but laugh. But that's where the creativity ended. Unfortunately, they decided to go overboard with the easy profanity, sex-jokes, and visual crudity so often I was rolling my eyes at the sheer stupidity of it all.

And that sums up Walk Hard pretty well. They just tried to do too much and took the easy way out too often. It got to the point I was watching the clock because I was bored out of my mind with the movie, and that's never a good thing.

Avoid this movie and spare yourself the pain.

~Scott William Foley, author of The Imagination's Provocation: Volume I: A Collection of Short Stories