Now one of my absolute all time favourite films is Airplane. So any spoof parody film is going to be good for me, and this was very enjoyable. Starring John C Reilly and Jenna Fischer this is a movie sending up every biopic that has come out of Hollywood. This is especially aimed at the Cash film Walk the Line, but manages to nod at the Buddy Holly biopic, The Coalminer's Daughter, the Ray Charles film and every other film about the life of a singer you can think of. Dewy Cox is a Rock & Roll musician of the 1950s whose childhood is overshadowed by a tragic machete fight accident, resulting him in losing his sense of smell - and killing his brother. Through the next fifty years the John C Reilly character (and yes the same actor improbably plays Dewey from age 14 to 70) through two marriages, prison, endless addictions, tragedy and shows. During his career (going through Jerry Lee Lewis lookalike performances, Presley, the Beatles, Tamla, and every other musical style you can think of) he meets every famous singer - Holly, Presley, the Beatles, the Temptations, all played by people who really don't look anything like the people they are supposed to be. The songs are clever pastiches and the jokes are silly but to my mind funny. Rating 8/10
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