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One of the best films i have seen

Lack of good storyline.

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

This movie has evolved into being a 80s culture fest, watching the movie w/ Al Y doing comments, its pretty obvious he never really realized what is achieved with this movie. Since there was never anything else movie wise done by Weird Al, its indicative of what his perception of this gem was.There isn't a lot the 'bonus material' comments add for this culture immersion experience movie in terms of the 80s, which is too bad, they missed the boat a little on that.I watch this thing once every few years, and always get some laughs out of it.

With someone as iconic in comedy as Weird Al Yankovic, it only fits that he would get his own movie sooner or later. It ended up being sooner. I must say that I didn't even know he was that popular back in 1989. I'd love to see another movie from him! This movie did better with audiences than it did critics and honestly, I can see why some people wouldn't like it. It can be pretty childish, but it's mostly very funny.I think the funniest part is when he mentions the nihilistic nature of the Wile E. Coyote cartoons. The dog treats gag was great too. There are a fair number of little things always going on. I've seen a lot of people allude to this movie. While not a classic IMHO, it's still good. Weird Al is just that talented. ***

OK so over fifteen pages of out of the park reviews. er Why? Maybe this movie just doesn't age well or something. I am a fan of Mr Yankovic, he is witty and his parodies are, usually, quite clever. I am a fan of stoopid humor (AirPlane, Police Squad, Top Secret the list goes on). But although I had high hopes for this film I really just didn't like it. Maybe it's the poor acting (er, nope), maybe its the poor plot (er, nope) - the thought of a leftfield chancer getting his mitts on a TV station is actually a great sounding plot. I think that the problem is that every significant single pun/joke/plot device coming can be spotted about a mile off. Unlike some of the other reviewers on here then I managed to watch the entire film through without laughing out loud once. Yes admittedly I did crack a smile once or twice, but this was far outweighed by the fact that I was also forced to wince a good few times. Watch it certainly. But don't expect too much. The visual equivalent of pulling a Christmas Cracker.

I just finished watching the film today for my first time and i have to say it was an enjoyable film. I have been a fan of Weird Al since I was 11 or 12 years old and I consider him one of my favorite actors and singers. I was very excited to finally see Al's only film and I wish he could have done more. Of course he could still do movies today but if "UHF" had become popular Weird Al could have been in many more films afterwards. Anyway, let me get to the review.So this film is basically a comedy film that tries to parody popular movies throughout the film. It is kind of like a classic Epic Movie or Scary Movie but much, much better. I didn't find everything funny, in fact some of the "comedy" was just stupid. Thankfully, there were funny moments that I will never forget. The oriental karate guy was hilarious and the spatula city and the buzzsaw scene were pretty funny. The first Uncle Nutzie scene made me laugh because Weird Al and the clown made me have a genuine feeling of sorrow for them because of how bad they failed. Of course, that scene was hilarious as well. There were of course absurd scenes that absolutely was unneeded and there was some below average acting but overrall this was a good movie that i will probably be watching again and again. If Weird Al was not in this film it would have been complete garbage, just saying.