Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022)'s comments

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Toastinator

One of the rare biopics that actually tells the story of the person it's based on without changing anything for dramatic effect.

So sad that we lost Al in 1985, just imagine what amazing music he would be making if he was still around today.

1 year 5 months ago

samoan

Really Funny movie and a great parody of Musical biopics, the fake photos at the end were a great touch. Hits all the beats biopics and points out how formalic and the actors seem to be having a blast making the movie. I only hope it will be available beyond The Roku Channel so more can enjoy it.

1 year 11 months ago

peterskb45

Hilarious.

2 years 1 month ago

Siskoid

I am normally bored with the straight biopic, but love it when the style matches the subject. Weird: The Weird Al Story can't really be called a biopic at all, however, as it has more in common with "writer lives their own work" movies like The Man Who Invented Christmas, Naked Lunch and Kafka. Weird Al is a parodist, so his "biopic" is an insane parody OF a biopic, taking pot shots at exactly those tropes I find trite and boring in "true stories", especially those repeated memes in music biopics, with recognizable scenes stolen from Bohemian Rhapsody, The Doors, and others. The most joyful thing about Weird is that it is filled to the brim with cameos playing, well, cameos, celebrating weird artists across various media. The better moments are those that plainly never happened because it's outrageous to pretend they ever did (but it's fun to dig a little deeper and find the kernel of truth behind the ideas). But ultimately, it DOES make use of the tropes I hate, so even if it's laughing at them, I'm still sometimes impatient with the movie (much as I was with all the scene changes in Weird Al's live show, which I attended a few years ago). Weird does use the songs well, and it's certainly not shy about using the accordion in its score. In a related comment, listen to the new song Al drapes over the credits, it's worth it for more jokes.

1 year 11 months ago