Walk Hard limps in the second half

Rating: 5/10 (23 April 2008)

John C. Reilly stars as Dewey Cox in a spoof on music biopics. The film starts off well enough, but as the movie drones on, the jokes quickly become redundant to the point of being downright tedious towards the last half of the movie (IE. anything after the 'beatles' segment is progressively worse). Reilly is pretty damn good as musical wunderkind, Cox, but sadly he can't compensate for the lackluster script. This isn't Apatow's worst written film (see Celtic Pride or Fun with Dick & Jane for examples of those), but it's still a step down from his more accomplished funnier ones (Knocked Up, 40 Year Old Virgin) Walk Hard limps especially in the extended cut. Although most of the songs are quite catchy.
My Grade:C