Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

...a satirical biopic about the parody musician's life and heightened versions of his runnings-in with celebrities like Madonna, Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Demento, and more.

...played by a frizzy-wigged, very game Daniel Radcliffe, whose main response to being cast in this cheerfully slapdash faux-biopic is to look like he’s having the time of his life.

A jolly romp filled with songs, jokes and clever twists on a well-known genre, it is plenty of fun...

...demonstrates the difficulty of sustaining a comic rhythm for more than the three-to-five-minute length of a song.

Like any good “Weird Al” song parody, Weird takes the music-biopic template and transforms it into something utterly absurd. The result is a polka-popping, piss-taking joy.

It’s mildly amusing, and Evan Rachel Wood is great fun as an evil Madonna.