This movie sucks!

Rating: 2/10 (11 May 2008)

I like Apatow's other works, but this movie was so uninteresting, I almost didn't even finish watching it. I do realize that it was a parody of other musicians' biopics (think "Ray" and "Walk the Line") but seriously I could have taken those two movies and combined plots, thrown in a few mildly humorous moments and sold it to Hollywood. Apatow and Kasdan did nothing special here. There was nothing original about this movie. I felt like I was watching a crappy amalgamation of two great movies that I had already seen--"Ray" and "Walk the Line"-- which depicted the actual stories of two actual musicians, both of which are far more interesting than the fictional Dewey Cox. If you're looking for a great musician biopic watch "Ray" or "Walk the Line". If you're looking for a great Apatow comedy, try "Knocked Up" or "Superbad". Or "The 40 Year Old Virgin". Or "Anchorman". There are so many better choices than this movie.