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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

  • 2022
  • TV-14
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
30K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
785
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Daniel Radcliffe in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
Explores every facet of 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.
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Explores every facet of 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 lifestyl... Read allExplores every facet of 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.Explores every facet of 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.

  • Director
    • Eric Appel
  • Writers
    • 'Weird Al' Yankovic
    • Eric Appel
  • Stars
    • Diedrich Bader
    • Daniel Radcliffe
    • Lin-Manuel Miranda
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    30K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    785
    86
    • Director
      • Eric Appel
    • Writers
      • 'Weird Al' Yankovic
      • Eric Appel
    • Stars
      • Diedrich Bader
      • Daniel Radcliffe
      • Lin-Manuel Miranda
    • 242User reviews
    • 95Critic reviews
    • 70Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 9 wins & 12 nominations total

    Videos6

    Official Trailer
    Trailer 2:51
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    Official Teaser
    Trailer 1:02
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    How They Made That Cameo-Filled Pool Party in 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story'
    Clip 2:09
    Watch How They Made That Cameo-Filled Pool Party in 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story'
    Daniel Radcliffe and Evan Rachel Wood Reveal Their 'Weird' Childhood Hobbies
    Clip 2:44
    Watch Daniel Radcliffe and Evan Rachel Wood Reveal Their 'Weird' Childhood Hobbies
    Elvis, Whitney and Weird Al: Everything We Know About Upcoming Music Biopics
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    Weird: The Al Yankovic Story: Behind The Scenes
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    Photos197

    Evan Rachel Wood in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
    Daniel Radcliffe and Quinta Brunson in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
    Daniel Radcliffe and Erin Darke at an event for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
    Eric Appel at an event for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
    Daniel Radcliffe and 'Weird Al' Yankovic at an event for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
    'Weird Al' Yankovic and Slaven Vlasic at an event for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
    'Weird Al' Yankovic at an event for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
    Daniel Radcliffe at an event for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
    Daniel Radcliffe and 'Weird Al' Yankovic at an event for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
    Eric Appel at an event for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
    Evan Rachel Wood at an event for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)
    Daniel Radcliffe and 'Weird Al' Yankovic at an event for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)

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    Diedrich Bader
    Diedrich Bader
    • Grizzled Narrator
    • (voice)
    Daniel Radcliffe
    Daniel Radcliffe
    • Weird Al
    Lin-Manuel Miranda
    Lin-Manuel Miranda
    • Doctor
    Richard Aaron Anderson
    Richard Aaron Anderson
    • Young Al
    Rainn Wilson
    Rainn Wilson
    • Dr. Demento
    Julianne Nicholson
    Julianne Nicholson
    • Mary
    Toby Huss
    Toby Huss
    • Nick
    Thomas Lennon
    Thomas Lennon
    • Salesman
    David Bloom
    David Bloom
    • Teenage Al
    Keanush Tafreshi
    Keanush Tafreshi
    • Kip
    Andrew Steven Hernandez
    Andrew Steven Hernandez
    • Robbie
    • (as Andrew Hernandez)
    Paloma Esparza Rabinov
    Paloma Esparza Rabinov
    • Hipster Teen
    • (as Paloma Rabinov)
    Scott Aukerman
    Scott Aukerman
    • Police Officer
    Johnny Pemberton
    Johnny Pemberton
    • Johnny Barf
    Jonah Ray
    Jonah Ray
    • Jonah Barf
    Jeremy Bolm
    Jeremy Bolm
    • Jeremy Barf
    Jack Lancaster
    Jack Lancaster
    • Jim
    Spencer Treat Clark
    Spencer Treat Clark
    • Steve
    • Director
      • Eric Appel
    • Writers
      • 'Weird Al' Yankovic
      • Eric Appel
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    • Trivia
      Daniel Radcliffe actually learned to play the accordion for the film. He first took lessons from a friend, then 'Weird Al' Yankovic himself while on set. He admits to not playing very well, but passable enough for the movie.
    • Goofs
      Tiny Tim is shown playing the ukulele right-handed. In real life, Tiny Tim was left-handed and played the uke as such.
    • Quotes

      Weird Al: You... you think you're going to stop me from playing? You'll see. One day I'm going to be the best... Well, perhaps not technically the best, but arguably the most famous accordion player in an extremely specific genre of music!

    • Crazy credits
      The end credits feature an original song by Weird Al Yankovic. The lyrics point out a specific person in the credits (production manager for Funny or Die Savvas Thomas Yiannoulou), reference the song credits, and include a reminder that the song itself is technically eligible for Oscar consideration.
    • Connections
      Featured in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: It's Time for a Double-Down (2022)
    • Soundtracks
      Dr. Demento Theme (Pico and Sepulveda)
      Written by Eddie Cherkose, Jule Styne

      Edwin H. Morris & Co., a division of MPL Music Publishing, Inc. (ASCAP); Quaytor Productions, LLC (ASCAP)

      Performed by The Roto Rooter Good Time Christmas Band

      Used courtesy of Caf Muzeck LLC/Demented Punk

    User reviews242

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    8/10
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    As much as I LOOOOVE Weird Al, I actually didn't want to see this. It looked like yet another bloated, mostly false and overly melodramatic rise/fall music band movie. I was dead wrong. This is now my official/unofficial favorite rock band movie.

    Before the beginning, the real Weird Al asks us to enjoy his biographical movie. His true story, wink, wink. And as the movie opens, I started to question the happenings thinking: hey maybe some of this is true, some fabricated. As the movie progressed, I finally realized what it was and while it took a LONG time to get there, it was worth it.

    Weird Al is a pure genius. If you like his music and him as an artist, like I do, you WILL like this movie. The jokes are incredibly safe, but then so is his music. That does NOT mean they're any less funny. I happened to laugh out loud quite a few times, even. And I do appreciate some of the humor was more controversial, and still technically safe with the material/time frame they're parodying. They kept me wondering which was humor and which was real and some of the jokes were played so straight. So straight, they said it like it was a fact and quickly carried on. I almost had to rewind it, but by the time I thought of that, they quickly brought it back up to all-but wink at the audience, or me in particular, that they were just jooooking.

    This movie was a complete joy and all three leads: Daniel Radcliffe, Evan Rachel Wood and Rainn Wilson were all perfect. (The rest of the cast were great as well, especially the parodied celebrities.) This was refreshing for this niche subgenre. I was as vague as I could be up above and it'll do you good to go in as cold as possible.

    I will say it's a tad too long as it builds up for a very long time and then seemingly climaxes for the end of the movie only to keep going for another 30 or so minutes. Unfortunately, it does loose steam a bit, though it still was engaging. I truly believe I will like this more with future viewings and just by simply thinking about it.

    ***

    Final Thoughts: I could write a short story on how much I love Weird Al and how much he's meant to me. Suffice to say, here are three quick stories: My favorite Weird Al song (and definite top 5 for my all-time list) is "I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead." They used to play it at 7AM every Friday morning on a local radio station here in the 80s and so, it became a tradition for me for years carrying that on way into my adulthood. I even added his "Dare to be Stupid" to my Friday morning playlist. I don't play these songs so much anymore, and I've heard "I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead" so many times, I barely can hear it when it does play on my random playlist.

    Also, once when I was trying to win back an ex in 2003, I got us both two tickets to Weird Al's live show. While my ex really loved Weird Al, I only liked Weird Al some. That is, until this concert. LET ME TELL YOU, that was one of the best concerts I'd ever been to and I became a lifelong fan and admirer of Weird Al. My only gripe: Weird Al kept taking a ton of breaks for like 15+ minutes. On the flipside, on the big screens he showed clips of his TV segments entitled: "Al TV" whereas he uses real interview footage, slices in Weird Al as the interviewer asking fake questions and editing in "answers" from the celebrity. It was my first time ever hearing of this and I was in pain with how hard I laughed. ESPECIALLY the Eminem one.

    And finally, I was in school choir I can't remember the year 1980s and the teacher selected our songs: "Eat it" and a couple of other Weird Al songs popular then. I loved it because I felt the teacher had an edge. I still have those music sheets the teacher handwrote out the lyrics, presumingly from the CD jacket and xeroxed copies for all of us.
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    • Release date
      • November 4, 2022 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Дивний: Історія Ела Янковича
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Funny or Die
      • Tango Entertainment (III)
      • The Roku Channel
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    • Budget
      • $8,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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