Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Jason Schwartzman, ... | SOFT SATIRE John C. Reilly (center, with Justin Long, left, and Jason Schwartzman) in Walk Hard
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SOFT SATIRE John C. Reilly (center, with Justin Long, left, and Jason Schwartzman) in Walk Hard
EW's GRADE
C

Details Release Date: Apr 08, 2008; DVD Release Date: Apr 08, 2008; Movie Rated: R; Genre: Comedy; With: Jenna Fischer and John C. Reilly; Distributor: Columbia Pictures

John C. Reilly stars as a fictitious guitar icon in the music-biopic spoof Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, but he's really just aping Will Ferrell, master of undignified flesh and ill-fitting tighty-whities. The original music is surprisingly contagious, but the Cox jokes — or, shall I say, joke — need more cowbell. EXTRAS An orgy of sophomoric high jinks: tittering sausage commercials; a jarring ''c--- documentary'' about male frontal nudity; and the aptly named Unbearably Long, Self-Indulgent Director's Cut, featuring a Cheryl Tiegs-Dewey-Cheryl Ladd love triangle and at least 30 more d--- jokes. C

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Originally posted Apr 11, 2008 Published in issue #987 Apr 18, 2008 Order article reprints

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