I Love This Movie

Rating: 10/10 (14 July 2011)

Walk Hard traces the life of Dewey Cox, an infamous musician you've never heard of, from his boyhood in Alabama and his last days as a major music celebrity.
This is a role the vastly underrated John C. Reilly was born to play. He is absolutely hysterical in this role, and shows incredible musical skill performing the soundtrack. Reilly is just so, so funny in this, it's my favorite role he has ever done. A role you have to see to believe, he embodies Dewey Cox as if he was Dewey Cox.
The music is great, all original hits inspired by the different time periods Dewey "lived in". I'm not a fan of Judd Apatow usually, but here his efforts are wonderfully concentrated with direction by Jake Kasdan, both of which wrote the script. Kudos on their best work, we see Dewey go through every decade, and the tribulations Dewey faces with love, drugs, and music.
Jenna Fischer shows some surprising talent that's a far stretch from The Office, playing Dewey's second wife. Tim Meadows and Chris Parnell, of SNL fame, play hilarious members of Dewey's group. Raymond J. Barry plays disapproving father Cox in spectacular fashion.
This is one of my favorite comedies ever, and well worth the ten rating I give it. If you haven't seen it, watch it. You'll love it.