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(1 - 30) of 30 OFCS Rating: 70% Fresh Page   1   2.5/4 "Walk Hard brings the funny and a keen observational sense"   Film Freak Central   Bill Chambers 4/5 "One of the awards season's silliest -- and most satisfying -- surprises."   Filmcritic.com   Bill Gibron B+ "Nothing can prepare the senses for Walk Hard, a parody feature that stumbles around like a maniac, ruthlessly ripping apart the conventions of the musical bio-pic but leaving plenty of breathing room to enjoy a little insanity of its own design."   OhmyNews.com   Brian Orndorf 4/5 "This is a glorious tribute to the Shape-Shifter, a film that captures all the clichés of the musical biopic, then rises above them."   eFilmCritic.com   David Cornelius 2/4 "...almost entirely devoid of elements designed to hold the viewer's interest."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 3/4 "A bawdy, rib-tickling, anything-goes spoof of such recent music biopics as Ray and Walk the Line, and here's the kicker--it's actually a better movie than both of those."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman B "Merrily deconstructs the conventions of the genre with subtlety and (where required) blatant outright mockery."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider B "I'm glad the artform that Zucker-Abahams-Zucker brought us in the 1980's survives. It's gotten raunchier, meaner, maybe rougher, but it lives on."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov C+ "Offers a few inspired moments in a sea of mediocre gags, fumbled opportunities and that great foul among contemporary comedies--unnecessary grossness."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "A rambunctious and funny musical spoof of musical biopics starring John C. Reilly."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2.5/4 "Walk Hard is a disposable film that offers its share of small pleasures and amusements."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 8/10 "At very best, someone will recognize the good work here by the star of the show, John C. Reilly... What's taking so long? Give the man an award already!"   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Jeffrey Chen 4.5/10 "The result is a film that has a few winning and entertaining moments, but ultimately feels like a Will Ferrell comedy and/or a 'Saturday Night Live' skit that managed to grow out of control"   Screen It!   Jim Judy 3/4 "Raunchy, often hysterical parody of overplayed musical biopics ironically sags just when its targets do but hits several right notes thanks to the sturdy presence of John C. Reilly as a none-too-subtle riff on the Man in Black."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 7/10 "John C. Reilly is not anyone's idea of a leading man (which is part of the spoof, people)."   Planet Sick-Boy   Jon Popick 4/5 "Walk Hard is not making a mockery of the music or the musicians. It only playfully takes the teases the filmmakers and the conventions that have developed in telling these tortured artists' stories. It's only Matinee price because it is occasionally a l"   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery B "Kudos to the hilarious dance moves of John C. Reilly and Paul Rudd's fabulously goofy take on John Lennon."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 2/4 "So is it a satire or a spoof?"   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik C "For all of the care and creativity put into Walk Hard's original songs, the rest of the film feels less inspired and maybe a little lazy."   Reel Times: Reflections on Cinema   Mark Pfeiffer "[A] razor-sharp dissection of the new archetype of modern mythology -- the rock star -- and how we interact with him on a societal level..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3.5/4 "This one pokes some fun at the conventions of the musical biopic genre instead of just replicating famous scenes from other films, and that's a much more satisfying way to go because it actually has a perspective on the topic."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B+ ""Walk Hard" is a spoof with wit as well as heft."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow 2.5/4 "The film gets some mileage out of mocking fatuous biopic conventions."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 3/5 "Is Walk Hard funny? Sure; very much so, in places. At least I think it is. It might just be the Date Movie talking."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 4/5 "It may be utter nonsense from start to finish but at a time when your moviegoing choices are limited to deeply serious Oscar bait and silly family froth, its appearance comes as a raunchy relief."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski C "Goes through the motions of a satire with numerous references to pop music history, but remains flaccid throughout."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B+ "Good ensemble acting, a sometimes laugh out loud screenplay...great music and staging and a solid performance by John C. Reilly are all good reasons to see Walk Hard."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 1.5/4 "It's afraid to leave its comfort zone, and its primary joke wears thin in a hurry."   Charlotte Weekly   Sean O'Connell 4/5 "fantastic fun"   sbs.is   Stefan Birgir Stefansson "Walk Hard is funniest in its first half, when you're not quite sure where it's going, and drags in the second, by which time you realize it's going nowhere."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek  (1 - 30) of 30 OFCS Rating: 70% Fresh Page   1