Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (Jake Kasdan, 2007)

Okay, listen, this is my ninth attempt at writing this review. The first seven were crap, and the eighth, which was good and completed, has been consumed by the great Wordpress god in the sky, as it were. So, you know what? Fuck it. Here’s what you need to know about Walk Hard:

1. Walk Hard is the best comedy I have seen in years. I think only Anchorman is its nearest rival this decade. Fuck Juno bullshit, if you are a fan of rock and roll even in the tiniest bit, you have found your new favorite movie.

2. There is no number two. That’s it. To start me writing more about this movie would be an invitation for me to write a novel. There is literally nothing about it I did not love. There’s no pop culture bullshit to weigh this movie down, this is going to be fresh, relevant, and funny 20, 30 years from now where most other comedies (*cough* Knocked Up *cough*) will fail like a Revenge of the Nerds sequel.

I repeat: if you like rock and roll and you like laughing, go see Walk Hard tonight.

I seriously just want to sit here and quote the movie for another 700 words, but I am going to resist. I even deleted a word out of that last sentence there because it made me want to quote the movie again. I’m just not going to spoil it for you. This movie is pure joy.

Please don’t wait for DVD. It’ll be funny on DVD, it’ll be unrated and have deleted scenes and all that, yes, but this is ridiculous fun on the big screen. You will thank me. And stay through the credits.

Just go see the fucking movie.

-Chris | 12.27.07 | 1:47 am | Film | Trackback | Comments [RSS 2.0]

9 Responses to “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (Jake Kasdan, 2007)” »»

  1. Marc
    Comment by Marc | 12/27/07 at 3:13 am

    This is a rock and roll send-up that rivals the best of the genre. Every bit as important as This Is Spinal Tap and ten times more consistently funny.

    :::yanks a sink out of the wall:::

  2. stevenraymorris
    Comment by stevenraymorris | 12/27/07 at 5:03 am

    Oh man I just finished my review on this movie tonight too. It isn’t as enthusiastic as yours…well I’ll let you read it yourself.

    my take

    But where’d you get those awesome photos?

  3. Nicole
    Comment by Nicole | 12/27/07 at 11:34 am

    Dammit! I knew we should have stayed to the end of the credits!
    Still, dear god, this movie is awesome.

  4. Chris
    Comment by Chris | 12/27/07 at 12:44 pm

    Steve, I’m still a little baffled at all the cautiously positive reviews for this movie, but I know it’s going to take a little time for some to come around. I remember the first time I saw Anchorman, for example, I had real trouble with it. Due to how and when I saw it, I didn’t get on its wavelength. But the more I thought about it afterwards, the funnier I remembered it being. And seeing it again, it floored me.

    Walk Hard floored me immediately, and I think it’s probably better, in most ways, than something like Anchorman. I make the comparison between the two mostly because they’re two of the only comedies in this decade that I’ve cared anything for. But I’m suspecting that this movie will hit people- forgive me, no pun intended- much harder the second time, or in a first viewing on video, like my delayed reaction to Anchorman. This is an instant classic, just give it a little time.

    Anyhow, I found the photos at Rotten Tomatoes. Not my favorite site, but they consistently carry every promo photo available for new releases.

  5. stevenraymorris
    Comment by stevenraymorris | 12/27/07 at 1:39 pm

    When I first saw it I was leaning in the negative direction, but the more I think about it (and listen to the songs) I start to like it, but I still stand by my review…right now anyway. I think John C. Reilly’s charisma will ultimately win me over.

  6. Emily Kane
    Comment by Emily Kane | 12/27/07 at 3:16 pm

    This is an instant classic, just give it a little time.

    hah hah hah hah Chris you are so funny. I guess I need to see this.

  7. Jeff
    Comment by Jeff | 12/28/07 at 9:39 pm

    Enjoyed your review, but harrumph, watching Anchorman is the CIA’s back-up plan to water boarding. Really, please stuff a wet rag in my mouth and drown me, just don’t make me watch Anchorman again. And much like Chinese water torture drips, Walk Hard repeats the same jokes over and over again. I wanted to scream for mercy as the film repeated the same “tear the sink out of the wall joke” for the fourth time. And, repeated the same “the wrong son died joke 10 times” and the same “group in the closet trying drugs joke” and the “almost but not yet kissing joke” over and over again.

    The over the top, Lil’ Nutzzak rap parody “ you make me hard” featuring gobs of bitches, plenty o’nut grabbing while bragging “sittin in between a nigga’s legs like a cello” is hilarious. As is the “let’s duet” parody of Johnny Cash and June Carter. Dewey Cox sings earnestly to Darlene Madison “in my dreams you’re blowing me…..pause pause…..lots of kisses and you and I could go down…pause pause…in history… let’s duet…”.

    The songs are funny original material. And Walk Hard is a good 15 minute Saturday Night Live skit stuffed into an 1hr ½ movie. Check out the song parodies on You Tube and skip the repetitious, ponderous, painful to watch movie. This film is bombing and for good reason—it’s torture. Come to think of it, arming our CIA with an Anchorman, Walk Hard box set might be the best way to track down slippery Bin Ladden.

  8. Patrick Ripoll
    Comment by Patrick Ripoll | 12/30/07 at 9:19 pm

    It’s humor is INCREDIBLY broad, and it took me about 10 minutes into it to really get on it’s wavelength, but it’s a fun time. Not really mindblowing in anyway, but definitely worth seeing.

  9. Marc
    Comment by Marc | 03/23/08 at 11:07 pm

    Man, wait until you guys get a load of the uncut version. TOTALLY different pacing, but every bit as good.

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