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Beystiman It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Cody One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

Neddy Merrill Some interesting decisions here from Judd Apatow and company. They start with just the essential choice to parody a modestly well-know music biography - "Walk the Line" which had come out only 2 years prior. Unlike "Spaceballs", the Mel Brooks parody of perhaps the most famous films of all time and one rife for satire likely the vast majority of film-goers won't even catch most of the allusions to Johnny Cash's story such as the death of his brother who haunted him his whole life. Also, Cash's name continues to carry artistic cache unlike a John Denver or even Elvis Presley so some viewers may have found themselves offended by the send-up of Cash's life story. Another interesting choice involves using a script made up of only jokes until the final 10-15 minutes of run-time when the film becomes very sentimental finishing on an incongrously uplifting final performance of a legitimate tune. The strategy seemed to be to launch one joke after another with the idea that enough will land to make the overall experience funny. While there is some sophisticated humor (Dewey's first wife played by Kristen Wiig promises to support his muscial career no matter what before nearly instantly trying to get a legitimate job for him in a slaughterhouse even after he has become wildly sucessful), for the most part - including the actual name of the film - it is a long series of racial, scatalogical, and genital jokes. There are many Python-esque absurdist moments as well particularly focused on fourth-wall breaking (much is made of John C. Reily playing Dewey at 14, 19, and 21). In short, probrably more of a party movie for groups enjoying some inerbriates.

SnoopyStyle In 1946 Springberry, Alabama, Dewey Cox accidentally chop his brother Nate in half with a machete. As a teenager, Dewey (John C. Reilly) gains local success but he's condemned for playing Satan music. His father kicks him out leaving with his 12 year old girlfriend Edith (Kristen Wiig). It's hard. It's a long, hard walk. He will Walk Hard.It's a fun mockbio. It's mostly sharp deadpan comedy. John C. Reilly is great. It spoofs all the big clichés. Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan skewered the music bio genre with this script. It's just great and nothing is off limits. It's not over the top spoof like the Abrahams and Zucker or worst the Wayans. Reilly is playing Dewey Cox almost straight but just dumb. The ridiculous stuff happens to him. It may hit wrong for the audience because they're expecting wild ridiculous spoof. It's a little different than that.

murthy-adivirk I have watched this film several times. I even own the extended cut which runs for 2 hours. The comedy lacks any subtlety. But that is intentional. A musical journey starting from the time of Robert Johnson to Eddie Vedder, despite the spoofs, the film makes an homage to all music genres and all artists who lived their time. The bold 50s, the crazy 60s, the drug riddled 70s, you could call this an American version of This is spinal tap but they are both completely original and different films. The songs are good, with great lyrics and the final song "A beautiful ride" always manages to bring a lump in my throat. Of course, this film isn't for everyone. You need to cultured sensibility to make sense of and appreciate the humor.

talemunja At beginning of movie i thought this is great parody. The moment older 'kid' appear i see disaster."Humor" was more tasteless as movie continues. Bored by watching it, i wait patiently to see development but all i see was pathetic try of this movie to pass as "funny parody".-Instead to bring audience into funny world of our hero-they presented him as "big shoot" who somehow know what to do but do "funny" stuff. Just remember Leslie Nielsen: He' never egoistic, he try his best but always make disaster-that's funny! Our "hero" in this movie is egoistic, he is infantile, treats his wife bad, do orgy, penises appear on screen which is absolutely unnecessary and unforgettable from family point of view. -Like someone try to bring you giggle with tease when you are bounded. This film is so annoying.