wow, what a disappointment. Judd Apatow’s Walk Hard – The Dewey Cox Story is a dud. I expected so much more from the creator of 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up and Superbad. Walk Hard is essentially a rock-biopic parody using Johnny Cash’s story as a jumping off point. references to other music legends like Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Elvis and Brian Wilson are supposed to be funny (I guess) but end up being lame and amateurish. and what a waste of a great cast. John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Kristen Wiig, Tim Meadows and Chris Parnell did the best they could with the material but it’s hard to ignore the deafening thud of all the badly written jokes and gags. the whole time watching the flick I kept on telling myself that “it’d get better.. just give it a chance” but sadly that laugh out loud moment never came.
what essentially could have been a great video short on SNL unfortunately got expanded to a bloated and unfunny feature length film that just isn’t worth investing any time in. I recommend watching This Is Spinal Tap for the zillionth time over watching this laugh-free biopic spoof.
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