"What's one movie you could watch a million times? For me, it's Walk Hard starring John C. Reilly. The parody of music biopics takes a crack at every cliche of the genrefrom over-romanticizing the moment an artist wrote their famous song, to how quickly these career-spanning movies breeze through their life. Walk Hard is also just packed to the brim with ridiculous jokes, and anything that makes me laugh in 2025 is a win."
"You can practically hear the voice-over: From humble origins, an artist will shock the world with some of the greatest songs ever writtenall while confounding the naysayers and big wigs of the time who were inexplicably wrong! The subjects of these films always treat their female love interests like garbage for some reason, and they lose any sense of normality in their newfound fame. Yet, even though we know the story beats by heart, we can't get enough of these movies."
Walk Hard is highlighted as a sharp parody that satirizes every cliché of music biopics, from mythologized songwriting moments to rushed life summaries, while delivering nonstop jokes. The fall season routinely spawns new music biopics, including recent films like Maestro, Elvis, Respect, Rocketman, Bohemian Rhapsody, and A Complete Unknown, with multiple Beatles projects forthcoming. Jeremy Allen White stars in Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere this month. Music biopics often follow familiar beats: rise from humble origins, shock the world, mistreat female partners, and lose normal life, yet audiences keep returning despite divided critical opinions.
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