So is it a satire or a spoof? Chances are, after seeing Walk Hard dvd, itll be years before you can sit through a serious musical biopic and maintain a straight face. this is the best batch of songs written for a comedy since Paul Williams penned the tunes for Ishtar. 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. Its only Matinee price because it is occasionally a l A movie you can simply walk out of, say That was really funny, and go back to your day. This gleeful skewering of American popular music works because of the talents of director Jake Kasdan and a cast led by John C. Reilly.