You could go to the theaters this holiday season and be inundated with biological fallout, CGI creatures that exist solely in fokelore, and lighthearted family comedies. Or, you could get real laughs without the holiday hooplah.  You can walk hard with Dewey Cox.

A musical parody, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story is already getting excellent reviews, all of which applaud the script’s funniness.  The film follows Dewey through the decades as he tries to build his recording career. Music-themed biopics Walk the Line and Ray are both parodied in the film, which features its own fun soundtrack. Walk Hard will make audiences laugh hard, just what’s called for in a year filled with movies about war, death, and a wild-looking Dustin Hoffman pretending to be magical.

The story shows young Dewey living in Alabama and follows his career from beginning to end. After a tragic incident in which he cuts his brother in half, he discovers he has a talent for the Blues. Dewey becomes immersed in the world of music, which includes a 1960s trip to India where he meets John Lennon and Paul McCartney (Paul Rudd and the incomparable Jack Black). Some music stars (including Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder and Ghostface Killah) will play themselves, while other stars will play legends from the past – in-between all the rehab sequences, of course.

In short, Walk Hard has the right laughs, the right spirit, and the right melody…when you want to take a break from the holiday movies.