Saturday, May 3, 2008
Walking Hard with Dewey Cox
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story is a parallel universe of music biopics that was crafted by Jake Kasden and Judd Apatow. John C. Reily plays Dewey Cox, but by doing so he is also Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, George Jones, Brian Wilson, and, of course, Johnny Cash. We see the rise and fall and rise again of Dewey Cox, who is plagued by childhood tragedy and never giving a daddy's love.
There are comedies and then there are "ignorant" comedies. Those that are off the meter and push the boundaries of taste. One's connection with this is personal. I have seen folks enjoy Monty Python and the Holy Grail until the blood and body parts start flying. There are moments in Walk Tall very early on where the user will know if the bandwidth of this entertainment.
PAm had a couple comments that I thought interesting after and while we were watching this DVD the other evening. First, she said that the script felt like something that Will Ferrell could star in. True, it features the kind of goofy world that Ferrell thrives in but Reiley gives it a different level and an almost tangible character. Is that because he looks like a regular guy (Thank you Paul Thomas Anderson for bringing Philip Seymour Thomas and Reiley to the public eye)
This leads me to Pam's second comment, the fact she noted a sense of heart and sweetness to an otherwise stoopid comedy, I give a lot of the credit to Reiley.
posted by well-executed buffet at 11:40 PM
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