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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

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Daniel Radcliffe is "Weird Al" Yankovic in the unexaggerated true story about the greatest musician and sex symbol of our time. With Evan Rachel Wood and Rainn Wilson.
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Suitably silly, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story spoofs the standard biopic formula with all the good-natured abandon fans will expect.

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Fast-paced, funny, and star-studded, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story is the not-quite-biopic that "Weird Al" fans have been waiting for.

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A.A. Dowd Digital Trends Walk Hard got to a lot of this stuff 15 years ago, and with much more precision. May 2, 2023 Full Review Craig Mathieson The Age (Australia) It’s a collection of sketches where the whole is less than the pieces. Mar 2, 2023 Full Review Scott Tobias The Reveal (Substack) A goofy made-up plot about Al’s relationship with Madonna (Evan Rachel Wood) sends the film off on an unfunny tangent from which it never returns. Rated: 2.5/5 Dec 19, 2022 Full Review Joseph Tomastik Loud and Clear Reviews The same way Weird Al takes the familiar framework and composition of a song but replaces its meaning with something purposefully silly and outlandish, Weird does the exact same thing to the typical biopic formula. Rated: 4.5/5 Nov 2, 2024 Full Review James Berardinelli ReelViews Half the fun of Weird is enjoying the way Yankovic and director Steve Appel skewer the traditional musical bio-pic. Rated: 3/4 Jul 1, 2024 Full Review Matt Brunson Film Frenzy The film's honesty is inspiring, touching on such easily verifiable occurrences as his love affair with Madonna, his gun battle with drug lord Pablo Escobar, and the fact that “Eat It” was an original composition which Al wrote before MJ penned “Beat It.” Rated: 3/4 Dec 26, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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g j Like Freddy Got Fingered, but dumber, tamer and less subtle. The comedy here doesn't get much further than "Ha ha, look at my moustache!" Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/04/25 Full Review J. C Absolute. Perfection. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/26/25 Full Review Jamie D It's a series of self indulgent celebrity cameos resting on a single joke. That joke is funny... For the first 5 minutes. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 06/22/25 Full Review Carlos I "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" is, in the best possible way, so stupid, but I love that they took this in the direction that they did. There's no better way to cover the life and legend of "Weird Al" Yankovic than with a completely unhinged, largely fictionalized, and utterly hilarious biopic. The sheer volume and quality of the cameo section alone absolutely killed me, it's a masterclass in comedic casting and a loving tribute to his influence. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/17/25 Full Review J H Evan Rachel Wood is magnificent in this. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/16/25 Full Review prawnda s weird al has always been an acquired taste, and one that you only want to hear every once in a while. while you enjoy him, he's a lot of fun. i'd say this movie is as good of a film version of him as we could ask for, and even if it's not perfect or entirely original, neither is weird al. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/30/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Daniel Radcliffe is "Weird Al" Yankovic in the unexaggerated true story about the greatest musician and sex symbol of our time. With Evan Rachel Wood and Rainn Wilson.
Director
Eric Appel
Producer
Lia Buman, Mike Farah, Joe Farrell, Tim Headington, Whitney Hodack, Max Silva, Weird Al Yankovic
Screenwriter
Eric Appel, Weird Al Yankovic
Distributor
The Roku Channel
Production Co
Funny or Die, The Roku Channel, Tango Entertainment
Genre
Biography, Comedy, Music
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 1, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 4, 2022
Runtime
1h 48m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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