Poor but for the music

Rating: 2/10 (3 January 2008)

Film Review: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Starring: John C. Reilly and Jenna Fischer Spoof, nostalgia and great music The story of Rock Legend Dewey Cox begins with a rather amusing line by the on-stage organizer: "I'm looking for Cox; anybody seen Cox?" That pretty much sums up the film, with the exception of its only saving grace  the music.
While the film itself is little more than a cheap shot at every other musical biography, it provides viewers with many nostalgic moments of the industry's greatest artists. Dewey Cox - a fictional icon  is a hard rocker with a penchant for trying out different women; drugs and various styles of music.
His peculiar relationship with Hassidic Jews brings freakish absurdity to the film, but the comedic element of The Dewey Cox story is seriously lacking. The producers of SuperBad and Knocked Up could have done a whole lot better that this slice of mediocrity.
Best left alone.