Link: http://imdb.com/title/tt0841046/
Dewey Cox was overshadowed by his brother's greatness. When both boys were very young, Nate was naturally gifted at everything he did and ambitious enough to really make a difference in this world. And then one day, during a relatively routine machete fight, Dewey chops Nate in half. When the doctor is unable to recombine the top of his body with the bottom, the boy dies. Dewey had made a promise to his brother to be great enough for them both, and that is exactly what he sets out to do when his dad kicks him out of the house. Dewey goes on to greatness as one of the leading rock musicians in history, while ever tormented by the loss of his brother.
Sound ridiculous? It was and I cannot even do it justice. But one thing that was great was how the movie would constantly reassure you that it was parody. Many times the dialog between two characters would explain and oversimplify the scene and suggest just how ridiculous it really was. It was pretty funny when this happened, but there were a few times when the movie tried to be serious and it didn't work. From a humor perspective, the highs were very high, but the lows were too low for me to say that I liked Walk Hard.
There was some of the most hilarious writing in Walk Hard, but the movie itself was pretty awful. Unfortunately, that seems to be the pattern to Judd Apatow's movies.
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Noticed that some people didn't really pick up on/understand the mockery due to the lack of knowledge of musicians from past eras.
Overall, I laughed through the whole thing!