r/Ijustwatched • u/TowerCharge89 • 8d ago
IJW: Weird The Al Yankovic Story [2022]
So I’m a fan of weird Al so I was interested in seeing the 2022 Biopic Weird: The Al Yankovic Story starring Daniel Radcliffe. This just did not do it for me.
Maybe I had different expectations because I thought it was going to be mostly a real biopic that was a little over-the-top because of the person. I didn’t know that they were gonna go full parody. I think Daniel Radcliffe gives a good effort and there’s some good cameos in there, but I didn’t think it was funny and I just could never get into the movie. It never grabbed me.
Rating-1.5/5
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u/Sudden_Outcome_9503 7d ago
That movie tricked me, too. In fact, I had watch some previews a week before it dropped and then went to work and acted like I knew some trivia about Weird Al dating Madonna that no one would have guessed. It was embarrassing to work a week later and explain that I got duped.
That didn't make me hate the movie, though.
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u/aroy220 8d ago
I know, right. I recently watched UHF hoping to bone up on my two-way radio knowledge and ended up watching a woman trade a red snapper for a box of nothing. Absolutely nothing! Wtf.