Fact and fiction are mingled in this mockumentary about the career of music parodist “Weird Al” Yankovic. In retelling his life story, the film includes eight "Weird Al" music video classics: "Ricky", "I Love Rocky Road", the award-winning "Eat It", "I Lost on Jeopardy", "This Is the Life", "Like a Surgeon", "One More Minute", and "Dare to Be Stupid"!
Directed by Jay Levey and Robert K. Weiss
biography
mockumentary
alternate history
music history
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Cast
'Weird Al' Yankovic
Self
Barry Hansen
Self (Dr. Demento)
Dick Clark
Self
Don Pardo
Self / "Jeopardy!" Announcer
Greg Kihn
Self / Man in Convertible
Tress MacNeille
Francine / Lucy Ricardo
Frank Collison
Look-A-Like Salesman
Steve Jay
Self / Various
Jon Schwartz
Self / Various
Jim West
Self / Various
Steve Cropper
Self
Kevin Seymour
Barry Cohen
Crew
Jay Levey
Director
Robert K. Weiss
Director
Jay Levey
Writer
Robert K. Weiss
Writer
'Weird Al' Yankovic
Writer
Irina Irvine
Production Assistant
Popular Reviews
4 reviews
Braunylad
10.0★ · 01/16/26
Al could tell me the world is round and that cats never land on their feet when tossed off a building and I would believe him. This was a way better representation of Al's life, the movie "Weird" the Al Yankovic story was just a fake retelling of what I just watched here.
Al could tell me the world is round and that cats never land on their feet when tossed off a building and I would believe him. This was a way better representation of Al's life, the movie "Weird" the Al Yankovic story was just a fake retelling of what I just watched here.
Ian Cooley
6.0★ · 01/14/26
It never reaches the heights of “UHF” or the Daniel Radcliffe movie, but it still has plenty here for Weirdos. No one does good humor quite as well as him.
It never reaches the heights of “UHF” or the Daniel Radcliffe movie, but it still has plenty here for Weirdos. No one does good humor quite as well as him.
geeb
4.4★ · 04/05/25
i lov weird al he’s such a cutie patootie
i lov weird al he’s such a cutie patootie
Corey Johnson
6.9★ · 06/09/24
Perhaps a better mis-telling of Al's origin story than Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. There's a charm and weird authenticity here that's maybe lost in the Hollywood-ification of the same concept 35 years later.
Perhaps a better mis-telling of Al's origin story than Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. There's a charm and weird authenticity here that's maybe lost in the Hollywood-ification of the same concept 35 years later.
