Plus: The scheme to sneak Pablo Escobar past the studio, why "Weird Al" Yankovic regrets not letting Daniel Radcliffe sing in the movie, and why director Eric Appel hopes Madonna’s reaction to Weird is a positive one.
While there are a few facts about the actual life of Weird Al in the movie, the majority of the movie is a parody of the biopics that have come before, lampshading tired tropes such as the disapproving parents, the antagonistic love interest, the spiral due to drug use, etc. And we love this movie because of it.