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Article: DEW-WOP JOHN C. REILLY ROCKS OUT IN 'WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY'.(LA.COM)(Movie review)

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December 21, 2007
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Byline: >BY BOB STRAUSS

>FILM WRITER

We saw it in "Ray." We saw it again in "Walk the Line." We saw it in French in "La Vie en Rose." We saw it partially in Spanish in "El Cantante."

The rise from humble beginnings to the top of the music business.

Drug problems. Professional problems. Love problems. Too-much-love problems. Lost siblings. Lost parental affections. Lost minds.

And uplifting endings.

Yep, there's something weirdly generic about most music biopics.

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