Warning, you'll be offended!

Rating: 4/10 (20 December 2009)

This film, "Walk Hard," is spoof of the biographies on musicians like Ray Charles and Johnny Cash. It means to be light-hearted but there are just some offensive moments in the movie. Apart from the offensiveness particularly the stereotyping of Jews running the music industry, there are some worthy laughs. John C. Reilly can sing and work solo without his buddy Will Ferrell. I love watching him play the dim-witted musician without a sense of smell. Of course, I was offended by his brother's accidental death. He was cut in half during machete fight between young Dewey and his brother. His brother was the favored son. Dewey's mother is played by the wonderful Margo Martindale who also meets a strange demise while listening to her son's song on the radio. It's good to see Tim Meadows and Chris Parnell as his band mates who introduces him to drugs, alcohol, and sex. Christine Wiig plays his first wife. Jenna Fischer plays Darlene Madison who is a take on June Carter. The film is nothing more than silliness but there is some things to be offended about.