Parody biopic of parody musician Weird Al might just be the funniest film of the year
Writer/director Eric Appel and co-writer/subject Weird Al Yankovic dared to go the other way. One might say they dared to be stupid. The musical/comedy biopicis 100% true. If anything doesn’t jibe with the life of its subject, that’s Weird Al’s fault for not living up to his name.Sign up to receive the daily top stories from the National Post, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
Young Alfred Yankovic buys an accordion from a door-to-door squeezebox salesman and dreams of becoming the most famous performer in a very specific subgenre of music. As a young man he writes his first hit parody song,
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