MOVIEmeter
Top 5000
Down 137 this week

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)

6.6
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 6.6/10 from 43,533 users   Metascore: 63/100
Reviews: 194 user | 163 critic | 32 from Metacritic.com

Singer Dewey Cox overcomes adversity to become a musical legend.

Director:

Watch Trailer
0Check in
0Share...

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 70 titles created 9 months ago
 
a list of 10000 titles created 3 months ago
 
a list of 3627 titles created 1 month ago
 
a list of 2658 titles created 04 Jun 2012
 
a list of 704 titles created 9 months ago
 

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) on IMDb 6.6/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 1 win & 2 nominations. See more awards »

Videos

Photos

Learn more

People who liked this also liked... 

The Rocker (2008)
Comedy | Music
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.1/10 X  

The Rocker tells the story of a failed drummer who is given a second chance at fame. Robert "Fish" Fishman is the extremely dedicated and astoundingly passionate drummer for the eighties ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Cattaneo
Stars: Rainn Wilson, Christina Applegate, Teddy Geiger
Comedy | Music
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7/10 X  

A wannabe rock star in need of cash poses as a substitute teacher at a prep school, and tries to turn his class into a rock band.

Director: Richard Linklater
Stars: Jack Black, Adam Pascal, Mike White
Wayne's World (1992)
Comedy | Music
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.9/10 X  

Two slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show.

Director: Penelope Spheeris
Stars: Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe
Comedy | Music
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8/11 X  

Spinal Tap, the world's loudest band, is chronicled by hack documentarian Marty DeBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.

Director: Rob Reiner
Stars: Rob Reiner, Kimberly Stringer, Michael McKean
A Mighty Wind (2003)
Comedy | Drama | Music
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X  

Mockumentary captures the reunion of 1960s folk trio the Folksmen as they prepare for a show at The Town Hall to memorialize a recently deceased concert promoter.

Director: Christopher Guest
Stars: Jim Moret, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest
Comedy | Drama | Music
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X  

Six unemployed steel workers form a male striptease act. The women cheer them on to go for "the full monty" - total nudity.

Director: Peter Cattaneo
Stars: Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, William Snape
Comedy | Music
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.6/10 X  

A comedy about four teenagers in 1978 who try to scam their way into a KISS concert.

Director: Adam Rifkin
Stars: Giuseppe Andrews, James DeBello, Edward Furlong
Comedy | Music
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.9/10 X  

The inseparable duo try to organize a rock concert while Wayne must fend off a record producer who has an eye for his girlfriend.

Director: Stephen Surjik
Stars: Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Christopher Walken
The Jerk (1979)
Comedy
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X  

A complete imbecile struggles to make it through life on his own, until a strange invention makes him unbelievably wealthy.

Director: Carl Reiner
Stars: Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams
Pitch Perfect (2012)
Comedy | Music | Romance
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X  

Beca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school's all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition.

Director: Jason Moore
Stars: Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp
Comedy | Drama | Music
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X  

In the 1930s, fictional jazz guitarist Emmet Ray idolizes Django Reinhardt, faces gangsters and falls in love with a mute.

Director: Woody Allen
Stars: Woody Allen, Ben Duncan, Sean Penn
The Money Pit (1986)
Comedy | Music
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6/10 X  

A young couple struggles to repair a hopelessly dilapidated house.

Director: Richard Benjamin
Stars: Tom Hanks, Shelley Long, Alexander Godunov
Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
...
Awards Show Stage Manager
...
...
Sam
...
Chip Hormess ...
...
...
Country Doctor
...
Honeyboy Edwards ...
Old Bluesman (as David Honeyboy Edwards)
Gerry Black ...
Harmonica Player
Aron Johnson ...
Teenage Band
Jack Donovan Saperstein ...
Teenage Band (as Jack Saperstein)
Taylor Hubert ...
Teenage Band (as Taylor Jamison Hubert)
...
Teenage Band
...
MC
Edit

Storyline

The up-and-down-and-up-again story of musician Dewey Cox, whose songs would change a nation. On his rock 'n roll spiral, Cox sleeps with 411 women, marries three times, has 36 kids, stars in his own 70s TV show, collects friends ranging from Elvis to the Beatles to a chimp, and gets addicted to - and then kicks - every drug known to man; but despite it all, Cox grows into a national icon and eventually earns the love of a good woman - longtime backup singer Darlene. Written by Sony Pictures

Plot Summary | Add Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

singer | elvis | drugs | the beatles | musician | See more »

Taglines:

Life made him tough. Love made him strong. Music made him hard.

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Music

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content, graphic nudity, drug use and language | See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

 »
Edit

Details

Country:

Language:

Release Date:

21 December 2007 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Walk Hard  »

Filming Locations:

 »

Box Office

Budget:

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£240,833 (UK) (18 January 2008)

Gross:

£468,309 (UK) (25 January 2008)
 »

Company Credits

Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

| (extended edition)

Sound Mix:

| |

Color:

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

Famous musicians that are spoofed by Dewey Cox are: Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, David Bowie, Queen, Meat Loaf, David Crosby, Jim Morrison, Harry Chapin, Don McLean, Elvis Presley, The Cars, Christopher Ward of the Ramones, Nelly, Tim McGraw, Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys during his "SMILE" album period, Stevie Wonder's loss of smell after his 1973 car crash, and Michael Jackson with the monkey and the giraffe as house pets. See more »

Goofs

During his show at the college for "little man", contemporary cars can be seen in the background. See more »

Quotes

[in rehab]
Nurse - Rehab: Doctor! Doctor!
Dewey Cox: I'm so cold.
Rehab Doctor: We need more blankets.
Nurse - Rehab: We need more blankets!
Nurse - Rehab: Doctor!
Dewey Cox: I'm so hot!
Nurse - Rehab: I think he has too many blankets.
Rehab Doctor: Fewer blankets!
Dewey Cox: I'm hot and cold at the same time!
[...]
See more »

Crazy Credits

After the credits there is a black&white clip of Dewey Cox performing Walk Hard in 2002, with the words "The actual Dewey Cox" See more »

Connections

Spoofs Beyond the Sea (2004) See more »

Soundtracks

"My Girl"
Written by Smokey Robinson and Ronald White
Performed by The Temptations
The Temptations appear courtesy of New Door Records
See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

See more (Spoiler Alert!) »

User Reviews

 
Bring on the parody
8 June 2009 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

And if there is a musical genre out there short of orchestral symphony, it gets sent up by this wonderful comedy.

Not a movie for the kiddies by a long shot, but if you are familiar with music artists from the 50s on, and especially if you lived through those periods of time, the parody of styles and stars will leave you with sore sides from laughing.

Make sure to listen closely to every lyric. They don't miss a chance to make jokes subtle or broad, and they don't take it easy on anyone.

Songs in the credits are just as funny as songs through the body of the movie, so make sure to wait around for those rather than switching off after the story itself fades to black.

A personal favorite of mine are the scenes where Dewey discovers new drugs. Although I've never taken drugs, even smoked marijuana, these scenes were just too funny to be offensive, especially the first discussion of the weed just named.

Be in the mood to watch a comedy, especially for a parody of this type. If you can't really pay attention, you won't get everything, and will just think the movie crude. Also, if you're really stuck up about what's in your comedy, then you may not like this movie.

If you're up for it, you'll die laughing.


7 of 7 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
Good morning, Your Honor. May I approach the bench? pturman-929-979676
Deweys final masterpeice darth_gary
Funniest part of the movie? TalbainJ
Genius! Kevmanwilly
do you think this movie has become a 'cult movie'? banddirector23
Who is the sings in the movie? CountryBlondeGuy
Discuss Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page

Create a character page for:
?