Apple TVWalk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
Rating: 6.8
Overview
Following a childhood tragedy, Dewey Cox follows a long and winding road to music stardom. Dewey perseveres through changing musical styles, an addiction to nearly every drug known and bouts of uncontrollable rage.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TV
Google PlayBias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Christianity: Negative
Overview
Following a childhood tragedy, Dewey Cox follows a long and winding road to music stardom. Dewey perseveres through changing musical styles, an addiction to nearly every drug known and bouts of uncontrollable rage.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Apple TVGoogle PlayDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story is a broad parody of the musical biopic genre, primarily focused on comedic exaggeration of celebrity tropes and human foibles rather than explicit political or social commentary. Its critiques are aimed at narrative clichés and individual behavior, resulting in a neutral political stance.
The movie features primarily traditional casting without explicit DEI-driven race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative, a comedic parody, does not explicitly critique traditional identities but rather satirizes the tropes of musical biopics and the rock and roll lifestyle.
Secondary
The film satirizes the oppressive and guilt-ridden aspects of a conservative Christian upbringing, portraying it as a source of trauma and repression for the protagonist. The narrative champions Dewey's rebellion against these strictures, offering no significant counterbalancing positive portrayal of this specific religious environment.
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story does not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The narrative focuses on the heterosexual relationships and career of its titular parody musician, offering no portrayal of queer identity.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film features original characters created for this specific parody biopic. There are no characters who were previously established in source material, history, or prior installments with a different gender.
The film is a parody featuring original characters and comedic portrayals of real historical musicians. All historical figures depicted maintain their established race, and the original characters do not have prior canonical racial definitions to be altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
6.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
6.8
6.6
Critic Ratings
7.5
6.3
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