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Carroll's DVD Review #16

Since we went all demonic last week, this week, let's lighten the mood, shall we? I have a couple of comedy's that I think you will really like. So let's get to it!

WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY

John C. Reilly cracks me up. Most known for his teaming up with Will Ferrell in movies such as "Step Brothers" and "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby". Released in 2007, Walk Hard takes a stab at mocking musicians and singers and many of their tragic tales from squaller up-bringings and onthrough their music careers. By design, Dewey Cox may resemble/remind you of Johnny Cash.

Judd Apatow and Jake Kasdan team up to take the swagger out of the traditional music biopic with this look at the troubled life of fictional music legend Dewey Cox (John C. Reilly). Apatow and Kasdan both write and produce, while Freaks and Geeks and Orange County director Kasdan steps into the director's chair. Dewey Cox is a rock & roll legend whose songs have the power to shake a nation. Despite the fact that Cox's career has been something of a roller coaster ride, the fact remains that he never went out of style in the eyes of his many adoring fans. He's rubbed elbows with everyone from Elvis Presley to the Beatles, ingested every drug known to man (often in doses large enough to kill a healthy horse), starred in his own television show, and slept with hundreds of women, yet somehow he still finds the time to write some of the best-known songs ever to hit the airwaves. Now, after being married multiple times and fathering enough offspring to populate a small island nation, this musical icon continues to turn out the hits while attempting to win the heart of his beautiful backup singer Darlene (Jenna Fischer). While no one doubts that Dewey Cox will continue to dominate the airwaves, does this larger-than-life superstar really have what it takes to avoid the temptations of the rock & roll lifestyle and finally settle down with one woman?

I am telling you all that if you want non-stop laughing to occur, you have got to see this movie. It is hilarious. I am even leaving you with a clip.

My rating? ... Hey, I have to do it. It is just too funny to me. I give it 10 stars. And worth every star too.