Comedy event of the Holiday

"Walk Hard": The Dewey Cox Story
Starring: John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Tim Meadows
3.5 stars out of 4

"Walk Hard" is another hit from team Apatow, the writer and director of "Knocked Up", and "The 40 Year Old Virgin". Apatow who produced "Walk Hard", has made another hit and is clearly the leading comedy influence working in Hollywood.

John C. Reilly has always been the standard leading man that no one talks about, appearing in dozens of movies including the "The Aviator, "The Hours", "Magnolia", and "Gangs of New York", Reilly FINALLY gets his own leading role and movie, and he sure does shine. He plays Dewey Cox, the singer-songwriter who has been tormented by the death of his younger brother which he caused as they battled with a machete as kids, yes this is making of "Walk the Line" and all other hollywood music biopics.

The film gets most things right, as it gives a behind the scenes look at musicians. Cox struggles with booze, girls, drugs, and all of the burdens that weigh on famous rockstars, Reilly plays this character perfect, and the screenwriting is what prompts this comedic riot of a film. We follow Cox's journey from success to eventual downfall, hard drugs and infidelity are things Dewey can't live without, as he finds out in uproarous ways.

The film is mainly SNL actors including scene stealing Tim Meadows as the drummer with a vast addiction to any drug, and Chris Parnell. There are also many celebrity cameos. Paul Rudd, Jack Black, Jason Schwartzman, and Justing Long amazingly mimic The Beatles in there LSD phase. Cox also runs into the likes of Elvis, and parodies Bob Dylan in a hilarious scene. It's not hard to tell why John C. Reilly for a Golden Globe nomination for this, he's believelable as this musician without a clue, and a knack for success. The film is going to win any Oscars, but it's the best comedy maybe of the year.