Art Vandelay Take 1 part Hollywood's most over-rated writer. Take 1 part respected comedic second banana and try to make him the lead. Sprinkle generous amounts of material stolen from much, much better movies. Half-Bake for 90 minutes. Result: A movie that's neither as clever as Spinal Tap or Mighty Wind. Not as funny as Airplane or Naked Gun. And just a pale imitation of the average crappy Will Ferrell movie. Not an original line, thought or scene in this entire movie. My guess is Will Ferrell was too busy (I doubt he was too discriminating to walk away from the paycheque) so they made a Will Ferrell movie with his sidekick. In some respects I feel fortunate, however. By the time the final scene rolls around and they're splicing in retrospective clips during his farewell performance, it's clear they shot a million miles of film, and only the ''best'' stuff made it into the main narrative, while even more cringe-inducing bilge hit the cutting-room floor. This movie is so bad it lowers my respect for John C. Reilly, who I long thought was the actual genius in Will Ferrell comedies.

rooprect "Walk Hard" is another film from the Judd Apatow gang who brought you such inane gems as "Anchorman", "Talladega Nights", "40-Year-Old Virgin" and so on. In the same vein, you'll get a wacky blend of absurd humor, parody, satire and sexual gags not suitable for young kids. Note: I saw the unrated version which has a few gags featuring, among other things, one or two closeup shots of a man's hangy down thing (haha IMDb won't let me type w.a.n.k.e.r).The tone of the whole film is very tongue-in-cheek and satirical, with a good zinger at least once every 30 seconds. Perhaps even more fun is spotting all the cameo appearances by famous personalities such as director Harold Ramis (playing "L'Chaim" the Jewish industrialist), Paul Rudd ("John Lennon"), Jack Black ("Paul McCartney"), Jack White from the White Stripes ("Elvis") and Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam (playing himself). Other actors from SNL, The Office and Big Bang Theory add to the star-spotting extravaganza.The story is mostly a shameless mock-up of Johnny Cash's biopic "Walk the Line" but with scenes parodied from other musical biopics like "Ray" and "La Bamba". A goofily predictable rise to fame of a music star story, this film mercilessly skewers the clichés, with over-the-top melodramatic scenes like the bigwig producer telling Dewey he sucks and will never make it, only to start singing his praises after Dewey strums 2 chords. Other gags are even more silly, like some of the corny visual wordplays in "Airplane!" (for example there's a dramatic scene where he shouts "I can't fight the temptations!" and runs into the hallway where we see ...guess who?... singing their motown hit "My Girl"). From the outset all the way to its conclusion this movie is pure silliness.If you like 'em that way then have no fear, you won't be let down. However if you're expecting something more along the lines of the more subtle yet equally hilarious Christopher Guest comedies ("Spinal Tap", "A Mighty Wind", "Best in Show"), then you might start to tire of the fast paced, deliberately predictable gags we see here. "Walk Hard" is an enjoyable experience but probably not intended to be a cult classic music comedy like the aforementioned Guest films which spawned an entire genre of sophisticated comedy (if you can consider a film called "A Mighty Wind" to be sophisticated). "Walk Hard" is just pure mindless entertainment, and it delivers. Watch it on days when you just want to shut your brain off and have some fun. I knocked off a few points because the nudity & prolonged sex scenes can get a little distracting from this otherwise silly romp (a 10-second closeup of a man's crankshaft might cross the line of discomfort).

stanhill-496-547148 Just watched it again after couple of years. It is hilarious. artful and outstandingly produced, written and acted. Many of the actors are readily recognized from other roles in movies and TV, and went on to do other successful features and TV series...e.g. Jenna Fischer The Office. The R-rating allowed honesty and some funny vulgarity and language that some governments consider more dangerous than violence; go figure. Even more funny if you've seen 'Walk the Line'; The Buddy Holly Story; and even. 'One Flew Over the Cucko's Nest, plus and a few others, you'll remember as you watch the movie. The Dewy Cox songs are also good music and the lyrics contribute smartly to the outright audacious humour. Judd Apitow was involved in the writing of, Walk Hard, and I feel,it would likely be considered among his best work, if not for limited audience because of the R rating. But it was worth it. A film that will get even more appreciated and stay very funny with time.

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.