Liked the concept and singing but the humor mostly didn't work

Rating: 5/10 (23 May 2009)

Here's something you don't see every day: a parody of a music biopic, well in this case most of the recent ones but mostly Walk the Line depicting Johnny Cash. I found the lead's performance was quite good and was impressed at his singing ability (pretty sure the actor sings everything). I also liked his evolution through different time periods. However, the humor mostly fell flat for me and the running gags weren't even particularly funny. For example: the names of the famous celebrities he invariably encounters being repeated over and over. What did work better were the sexual innuendo jokes, especially the duet. Most of the best jokes are in the trailer that makes the movie look much better than it actually is. I think big American music fans from the fifties up to the eighties would get a lot more from Dewey Cox with all the references and inside jokes. The extras on the second disc are unbelievably good and funnier than most of the original movie. It almost made me think the movie deserved a better review and rating than I gave it.
Rating: 5.5 out of 10