Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
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Exploring every facet of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s life, from his meteoric rise to fame with early hits like ‘Eat It’ and ‘Like a Surgeon’ to his torrid celebrity love affairs and famously depraved lifestyle, this biopic takes audiences on a truly unbelievable journey through Yankovic’s life and career, from gifted child prodigy to the greatest musical legend of all time.
- Released:
- Runtime: 120 minutes
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
- Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Evan Rachel Wood, Rainn Wilson, Toby Huss, Julianne Nicholson, Quinta Brunson, 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Will Forte, Patton Oswalt, Michael McKean, Dot-Marie Jones, Jorma Taccone, Demetri Martin, Dean Sharpe, Paul F. Tompkins, Scott Aukerman, Akiva Schaffer, Conan O'Brien, Emo Philips, Nina West, Jack Black, David Dastmalchian, Julie Chang, Josh Groban, Seth Green, Arturo Castro, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Diedrich Bader, Richard Aaron Anderson, David Bloom, Thomas Lennon, Johnny Pemberton, Jonah Ray, Jeremy Bolm, Jack Lancaster, Spencer Treat Clark, Tommy O'Brien, Jacob Lawrence Kreiss, Keanush Tafreshi, Andrew Steven Hernandez, Paloma Esparza Rabinov, Eric Appel, Panuvat Anthony Nanakornpanom, Constantine Rousouli, James Brown III, Rocky Abou-Sakher, Chris Ryan, Mike Escamilla, Chad Guerrero, Cesar Ramirez, Omar Estrada, Cesar Chavira, Jimmy Walker Jr., Trenyce, James Preston Rogers, William Guirola
- Director: Eric Appel
Comments
- d-shilling-1 - 26 June 2024
Calm down, Calm down
I've been listening to Weird Al since the 80's - absolutely love his music so when this was announced I couldn't wait for it.
Daniel Radcliffe is awesome as Weird Al although he looked exactly like Harry Enfield's Scouce character and I couldn't get that out my head. His crazy energy really captured Al well.
Seeing the movie transition from Al's early age, through his teens was a wonderful watch. Singing My Bolona in a bathroom was hilarious.
The real Weird Al has a lovely cameo, actually dissing himself which was great.
Rain Wilson was a hoot, meeting all the "stars" at the party was a great scene.
I really fun movie, great cameos, a must for Weird Al fans. - Blazehgehg - 1 May 2024
Pure Weird
When Daniel Radcliffe was cast as Weird Al Yankovic for his biopic, I was skeptical and confused, because to me, I don't see the resemblance. Shame on me for not really giving a guy called Weird Al the benefit of the doubt.
Especially considering... no, actually, yeah, now I see it.
My favorite part is probably how there's almost, like, a momentum of parody to this. It's obvious which parts are being exaggerated for comic effect, but it seems grounded enough that you can tell it's sort of based on real events. But it keeps getting more, and more, and more outrageous, until the movie just takes a flying cannon ball off the deep end -- and it rules. It imagines a world where Weird Al becomes the most famous rock star in the world, and somehow, despite getting completely wild, it still manages to get a few moments of something strangely heartfelt out of it while still remaining very funny.
What an inarguably weird movie. I was cheering over the credits. May he never lose his touch.
