What I expected was a comical story about a man who wrote humorous parodies of famous songs but what I got was so much more. This biography detailing the life of Weird Al told a story of triumph, the highs, lows, and troubles that one man faced pursuing his dreams or something like that.

Finally, a biopic with no embellishments or exaggerations! Just the plain, honest truth from beginning to end. I thought it was delightfully and stupidly fun. Lots of laughs up to and past the ending, even. I'm loving Daniel Radcliffe's career choices. Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna was perfect

I'll be honest I wasn't aware Al Yankovic existed, never really heard a song from him. I have no idea if some of the events are true or an absolute parody of reality but the last third of the movie is clearly fiction. It's not from my generation but I had an absolute blast of a fun time with this!

Pretty much everyone is perfectly cast; Daniel Radcliffe's really got it! He's hilarious, weird and emotional when needed. There's so many fun cameos throughout and they're all well done and relevant to the story. The humor is well-written there's lots of funny and clever one-liners. There's probably a few jokes I didn't get but if you're someone who lived during the 70s-80s there's lots of in-jokes. I think it's actually a movie for all ages you don't really need to be familiar with Weird Al to enjoy it!

Probably the best and funniest "bio pic" Ive ever seen!!! Still cant believe he died the way he did... RIP man., RIP... Sarcasm aside... This movie sure went off the rails AND I LOVED IT!!!

I KNEW Madonna was evil!!

Best Actor (Comedy/Musical) - Daniel Radcliffe
Best Actress (Comedy/Musical) - Evan Rachel Wood
Best Supporting Actor (Comedy/Musical) - Arturo Castro

failure to comply will result in a platinum album to the skull

Really impressed at the level of detail and how little artistic license they took with Weird Al's story. You'd think they might try to spice it up a little, throw in some gratuitous sex and violence and drug use, but the producers really managed to avoid all that.

With the recent biopic craze, hearing one was coming about Weird Al was a dream come true. Then Daniel Radcliffe getting the lead? Hell yeah! Toss in the fact Weird Al would be doing the songs himself, even a bigger win. Then when I saw this was free straight to Roku film, I got worried. Then I saw it was spoof-like, and I got worried (even though I should expect nothing else from Weird Al who made a career out of spoofing). Fortunately, this hits a lot of the right notes and is surprisingly one of the funnier movies of the year! It is not perfect, but damn is it an enjoyable ride.

Rating: 3.5/5 - 8/10 - Would Recommend

[spoiler] "Madonna Ciccone is still at large". [/spoiler] I'm dead.

Have loved Al since I saw his “eat it” parody for the first time on tv. Loved this movie too, just take it with a pinch of salt just like his songs and you will love it too!