Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
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
- ddwwaatt - 6 January 2023
Hilarious!
Loved Weird Al and his music growing up and watching this brought back a lot of good memories. I remember every song like it was yesterday. It was so good and funny, and all the people they added in for different parts were awesome! He is still a master of the weird and funny, for sure. I loved seeing him in this too. That was a fun surprise. Roku, I hope you keep making movies like this. I was very pleasantly surprised at the quality of the acting and the movie. Not sure why other than I didn't realize until recently how much good content is on Roku for free, with a few adds here and there. Really enjoyed this one. - jfgibson73 - 17 December 2022
Several Enjoyable Sequences
This movie was pretty entertaining, but also a bit disappointing. On one hand, it is a great idea to take what appears to be a biopic and not include any actual facts. The wilder the movie gets, the funnier the sequences become. Unfortunately, there are too many predictable, over-done comedy tropes, mostly in the first half of the movie. Nothing too unexpected happened during the portion that showed Al's rise to fame. This movie needed to be completely nuts from start to finish. The parts that worked best for me were the moments that had nothing to do with his career in music. That's when the writers came up with their best ideas.
