Stale casting.

Rating: 4/10 (1 August 2008)

So. Walk Hard. Not detestably unfunny, but fidget-inducingly slow. I was straining my ears the entire time for Anchorman quality humor but never really got what I was hoping for. It seems like this movie was really just a formality--a rite of passage, if you will. It didn't need to be a huge block-buster as long as John C. Reilly got a chance to prove he can sell tickets without the extra boost from WF. Hopefully there will be a return to form in their upcoming buddy comedies now that Reilly's proved himself a worthy, independent member of the "Frat Pack."
The thing that bothered me most about this movie was actually the casting... Judd Apatow really needs to broaden his horizons. Not that EVERYONE ever to appear on "The Office," "The 40 Year Old Virgin," or newbies from SNL aren't talented people, it just gets rather tiresome to keep seeing them all together working on the same projects. Codependence = stupid.