What you think you are going to watch and what you end up watching are entirely different things! Not that anyone should be surprised that a biopic about Weird Al is also a parody of the biopic of Weird Al! You think from the trailers that this will be a light hearted take on his real life, but when you watch other trailers that detail nonexistent things like his romance with Madonna (whom he had a crush on in real life) and ditching his band you start to realize that something is off.
I have to say that Daniel Radcliffe did a great job as Al, even if he is a bit short for the job. The movie is ok, neither great nor terrible, there are bits that keep you interested and others that get so outlandish that you cringe a bit.
I grew up with Weird Al being a right of passage for many artists so my interest was piqued as soon as I saw the first trailer. His songs were often stupid, but funny (what I call stupid-funny, which this movie also is) but his videos were pretty entertaining.
There's interesting history behind Coolio's fight with Al over Amish Paradise, where Coolio was totally against it once he heard it and really badmouthed Al about it but later recanted and said he was being an unreasonable dick and he liked the song now. This becomes a pretty interesting and funny plot in the later part of the film when his dad is exposed as a closeted Polka Amish guy in his youth.
You also get a LOT of celebrity look-alikes in this movie, which is funny on its own but it's particularly funny how many of those people in real life were real thorns for Al, like Prince who would never agree to let Al parody him despite Al requesting it many, many, times. Michael Jackson famously loved how Al parodied his songs, and that also gets reflected in a funny (and untrue) way in the film.
Overall, if you're a Weird Al fan then this is a must-see, if you never heard of him then it's still enjoyable but you'll miss some of the nuances in the movie.
Review by TV WatcherBlockedParent2022-11-14T17:38:58Z
What you think you are going to watch and what you end up watching are entirely different things! Not that anyone should be surprised that a biopic about Weird Al is also a parody of the biopic of Weird Al! You think from the trailers that this will be a light hearted take on his real life, but when you watch other trailers that detail nonexistent things like his romance with Madonna (whom he had a crush on in real life) and ditching his band you start to realize that something is off.
I have to say that Daniel Radcliffe did a great job as Al, even if he is a bit short for the job. The movie is ok, neither great nor terrible, there are bits that keep you interested and others that get so outlandish that you cringe a bit.
I grew up with Weird Al being a right of passage for many artists so my interest was piqued as soon as I saw the first trailer. His songs were often stupid, but funny (what I call stupid-funny, which this movie also is) but his videos were pretty entertaining.
There's interesting history behind Coolio's fight with Al over Amish Paradise, where Coolio was totally against it once he heard it and really badmouthed Al about it but later recanted and said he was being an unreasonable dick and he liked the song now. This becomes a pretty interesting and funny plot in the later part of the film when his dad is exposed as a closeted Polka Amish guy in his youth.
You also get a LOT of celebrity look-alikes in this movie, which is funny on its own but it's particularly funny how many of those people in real life were real thorns for Al, like Prince who would never agree to let Al parody him despite Al requesting it many, many, times. Michael Jackson famously loved how Al parodied his songs, and that also gets reflected in a funny (and untrue) way in the film.
Overall, if you're a Weird Al fan then this is a must-see, if you never heard of him then it's still enjoyable but you'll miss some of the nuances in the movie.