Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Scott Hardie: “It ruled.”
This was exactly as kooky and crammed with jokes as the early buzz portended. Music biopics, with their predictable rise-fall-rise story arcs and ready-made hit soundtracks, have become a dime a dozen lately in Hollywood, and this parody skewers them mercilessly, while also being a satisfying send-up of 1980s cultural markers and somehow also incorporating real details of Yankovic's real career despite not seeming remotely true on the surface. I don't think anyone can count fast enough to keep up with the celebrities who make cameos while playing other celebrities, and why try when they're being this funny? I haven't laughed this much at a movie in a while.
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