Weird Al Yankovic,
Michael Richards,
Kevin McCarthy,
Anthony Geary,
Victoria Jackson
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UHF is the film debut of comedy rock satirist Weird Al Yankovic, who also co-wrote the screenplay. George Newman (Yankovic) and his friend Bob (David Bowe from The Cable Guy) are fired from their jobs... read more
Directed by: Jay Levey
Release Date: January 1, 1989
DVD Release Date: June 4, 2002
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April 10, 2011If you love weird Al songs, you have to see this movie! It's so much fun, it has a bunch of movie and TV spoofs featuring him, within another funny story as well. It's cool.
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December 31, 2010goofy and very hysterical, you have to be in the right mood to watch it because its so silly, but hey that's Weird al in a nutshell
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February 8, 2010Anything that's quotable is gonna last, and this movie is endlessly quotable.
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December 29, 2009Watchable starring vehicle for Weird Al, who was virtually untouchable in the 80's. It's barely even funny, though back in the day I loved to sit and watch this thing (oh how times and tastes change) and relies extensively on parodies that can only take a movie so far.
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September 1, 2009Walter Mitty-style daydreamer George (Weird Al Yankovic) becomes manager of an independent television station, and his bizarre programming becomes a surprise hit. Good spoof for both kids and adults, with surprisingly offbeat humor and lots of parodies of 1980s hit movies.
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August 2, 2007It had some really funny parts but I didn't think the movie on a whole was all that good.
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July 7, 2007Weird Al becomes the manager of a run-down TV station, and revitalizes it with original weird and wacky television programming. It's really oddball hit-or-miss humour. Michael Richards (Kramer from Seinfeld) plays a goofy janitor who rises to the occassion. It includes the music ... read more
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May 13, 2007One of the very few movies that makes me laugh every time. It's like comfort food. Weird Al is the best!
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Critic Reviews
April 30, 2012
Felix Vasquez Jr., Cinema Crazed
August 26, 2009
Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com
Literally everything but the kitchen sink, and while it doesn't always hit the sweetest notes of inspiration, it maintains a lovable spiritedness and offers the odd gut-buster. And dumb guy humor. UHF... Full Review
March 8, 2008
Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is
I liked it even after all those years
December 24, 2005
Steve Crum, Kansas City Kansan
Forgettable Weird Al starrer...enUHF, please!
December 18, 2004
Michael A. Smith, Nolan's Pop Culture Review
"Today, we're teaching poodles how to fly!" Michael Richards is hilarious.
November 22, 2004
Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Watchably amusing, nothing more.
June 24, 2004
Luke Y. Thompson, New Times
If the idea of a Weird Al movie is anathema to you, just don't bother reading anything I write, ever.
April 27, 2003
Clint Morris, Moviehole
Weird Al again proves himself the king of skit, spoof and everything in between
January 5, 2003
James Sanford, Kalamazoo Gazette
Scattershot satire
September 25, 2002
David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
UHF is about as good as it gets when it comes to silly comedies. Full Review
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