Kid reviews for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

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Common Sense says

age 13+

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Parents say

age 13+

Based on 2 reviews

Kids say

age 12+

Based on 6 reviews

age 11+

Hillarious Spoof Biopic!

This is now my favorite movie of all time. It is utterly hilarious. However, when watching it keep in mind, that there is almost zero truth to the movie. It's all a big joke. It lampoons typical biopic scenarios, such as disapproving parents, and being taken to a party with drugs and alcohol and being arrested. It also spoofs famous music moments, and really anything in general. Surprisingly, the concern here for parents, won't be sex, cussing, or drugs/drinking, (Which are all present in the movie, but fairly mild), but rather the violence. There is fake blood, shootouts, and a character is maimed with a record, and Al, after accidentally consuming LSD, has a trippy dream sequence that ends with his face melting off. But all of the stuff I mentioned above should be fine for tweens and above, and this hillarious parody biopic is a great movie for kids and parents to laugh at together.
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age 11+

Pretty funny movie and recommended for 11 year olds

This was a pretty good movie with many funny scenes in it. There is one make out scene no nudity and it cussed but not mild. Overall this is a pretty good movie.

This title has:

Great messages
Great role models
Too much drinking/drugs/smoking
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age 11+

It has some violent and questionable scenes.

I won't spoil, but the ending may be disappointing for some viewers expecting a serious ending. But the age rating, yes. Al smokes, and once drinks a lot and gets into a drunk driving accident. He also makes out with Moddona. (What the heck is this movie- oh the script? What script? OHHH ok) anyways he says on stage he is gonna whip it out, but just pulls out an accordion. Al also shoots up a drug barn and kills someone with a record. Oh and also some dad issues. But that's it. Overall good movie

This title has:

Too much sex
Too much drinking/drugs/smoking
age 15+

Cliche Plot, Bad Character Portrayal.

Ironically, from my perspective this movie does nothing to distinguish itself from your average character backstory, with overused tropes seen in many movies and other media, also why Daniel Radcliffe as Weird Al? I mean Alan Rickman himself said he would prefer Radcliffe as a director rather than an actor, and this movie is so far the only thing that blatantly proves that to me. I watched until the Painfully Awkward, out of place Madonna Scene, quite literally halfway through the movie, at which point I couldn’t take any more. None of Weird Al’s personality felt like it was brought to the role, leaving it too bland for my taste.

This title has:

Too much violence
Too much sex
age 12+

God movie some iffy things

I really like the movie. In the first half of the movie, there's really nothing bad. There's partying and mentioning of getting "High". Nothing bad. The other half of the movie is when Maddona comes in and they start making out and kissing for a lot of the movie/ After that there are a lot of people getting shot. No swearing at all.
age 10+

Pretty good

Pretty good I dont think it was all true but it could be. Some blood some swearing no nudity