Chameleon, giant midgetDewey Cox ladies and gentlemen

Rating: 9/10 (17 August 2008)

This never went to the theaters of my city and it was recently when my uncle got its DVD. He loved it and talked to me about it and I was like "hey I really wanted to look at it" then I saw it obviously. Previously I found that Apatow Team film with Owen Wilson as the main "attraction" as a very average and somehow very disappointing film yet later I found some films from the same time that were what I expected and by now there are three films of the Apatow Team that for me are just very funny and definitely were what I expected. This is one of them. We have and enjoy a parody that simply is based on constants. For Dewey Cox everything happened in a very short time and his story at its beginning has another protagonist in his brother Nate. They made everything just perfect, a charming and extremely talented kid dreaming about a life full of important events, full of excitement, a kid being just happy for a new beautiful day. They made everything perfect just for that event that marked Dewey Cox forever, that machete situation. After that event everything moved faster so we can say that Dewey was a precocious boy or better we can say that was extremely precocious and with a unique voice, he understood the blues. His dream was closer in a very short time so those big responsibilities began; very soon he was the last hope in order to restore one man's faith in Judaism and with that goal completed 35 minutes later he was a new sensation, sharing the stage with Elvis and like him making that the girls went crazy. He was a chameleon and we really enjoy that. One day he knew drugs, other day he wanted to be a punk rocker (he was sort of the beginner of punk) and in other period he was a Dylan follower, influenced by Dylan in all the ways (hilarious, great lyrics!). All because the constant issues with women, drugs, jails, new friends, Johns, Pauls, Georges, Ringos, etc. His own L ucy in the S ky with D iamonds period is very colorful and is animated!
We all know how the great musicians changes, from the young sensation to the big rock star, the bad influence, the legend. Here we have a extremely entertaining and very funny mix of that, here each of the changes of our featured musician are very well known periods, he seems to have prove all the different tastes and that delivers just pure fun and great musical moments. Even when his old music was simply destroyed by some new hip-hop sensation is just perfect for Dewey, not for his extremely known music but certainly for his last masterpiece.
The cast is extremely familiar and more because I have seen not very long time ago The 40 Year Old Virgin and Superbad (Jonah Hill, Gerry Bednob and Jane Lynch are here). Of course there are more memorable cameos than others and in that way we have the second cameo in a 2007 film of The Beatles (Jack Black C**k, Jason Schwartzman, Paul Rudd and Justin Long), the appearance of the great Eddie Veder and The White Stripe Raconteur Jack White as Elvis; a lot of fun with those appearances. Reilly is a funny guy,here is simply great and he has the luck to be together with Jenna Fisher who plays of course Darlene Madison, the woman of Dewey Cox's life. Also the makeup is terrific, they look great at their last live appearance!
I dare to write that every fan of music will find in this a very enjoyable film. Dewey Cox certainly was a legend and this film goes beyond the facts and enters into the myths (in "The Real Dewey Cox" featurette Apatow claims that this was based upon Cox's autobiography that was full of lies, just crap). Absolutely entertaining and hilarious, Walk Hard is simply that. 9.5 out of 10
Something about the DVD: The featurette "The Real Dewey Cox" is really funny, some of the anecdotes are not as funny as the ones of Reilly, Sheryl Crow, Jewel and Judd Apatow to mention some. Also I found hilarious extended Beatles scene, John and Paul are simply fantastic! By the way and finally, funny Morrison spoof in the poster.