Life made him tough. Love made him strong. Music made him hard.
Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
| Cast |
John C. Reilly, Jenna Fischer, Raymond J. Barry, Margo Martindale, Kristin Wig, Chip Hormess, Conner Rayburn |
| Director |
Jake Kasdan |
| Screenplay | Judd Apatow, Jake Kasdan |
| Music | Michael Andrews |
| Cinematography | Uta Briesewitz |
| Editing | Tara Timpone, Steve Welch |
| Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS |
| Soundtrack | Available |
| Made in | 2007 |
| Produced by | Aoatow Productions, Columbia Pictures, GH Three, Nominated Films, Relativity Media |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report
Trailer: Small | Medium | Large
| Genre | Comedy |
| Language | Strong |
| Nudity | Strong |
| Sex | Strong |
| Violence | Mild |
| Prejudice | None |
| Blasphemy | None |
| Drug abuse | None |
| Comments | Satirical comedy about the pop music industry with strong drugs, nudity and sex scenes but in entirely comic context. |
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Sex / Nudity |
Violence |
Blood / Gore / Gross |
Guns / Weapons |
Profanity |
Alcohol / Drugs |
Smoking |
Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
Imitative Behaviour |
Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
| Music (Scary/Tense) |
Music (Inappropriate) |
Topics to talk about |
| Scale (Max) | 20 |  |
What the Critics say | ||
| Cape Argus / The Star Debashine Thangevelo | 1 |  |
| Cape Times Kenneth Turan | 10 |  |
| The Citizen Peter Feldman  This is a ballsy production that makes for reasonably entertaining fare. | 14 |  |
| Sunday Times Barry Ronge | 10 | |
| BBC Nev Pierce Crude but somehow charming. | 15 | |
| Chicago Sunday Times Roger Ebert | 15 | |
| ReelViews James Berardinelli This is the weakest of the three 2007 comedies to which Apatow has attached his name. For those who enjoy the saturation style of humor and appreciate the way in which parody is not pushed too far into the absurd, Walk Hard is not without merit. | 13 |  |
| Rolling Stone Peter Travers The tricky thing about parody movies is that the jokes get old fast and they're hit-and-miss. Walk Hard, a spoof of every musical biopic from Ray to Walk the Line, is guilty on both counts. How lucky that when the jokes do hit, they kick major ass. | 13 | |
| ScreenItThe 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 like some movie monster on steroids. | 9 | |
| Metacritic.com 32 critics | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes critics 128 critics | 13 | |
| Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer A parody with stellar performances and clever original music. | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
| Internet 7288 Netizens Hysterical and Clever movie! | 14 | |
Average .. 60% | 12 | |