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UHF (1989)

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Reviews Counted:22

Fresh:12

Rotten:10

Average Rating:5.5/10

Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Genre: Television

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: Funnyman "Weird" Al Yankovic stars in this comedy as George Newman, a man who takes over a low-rent TV station won by his uncle in a poker game. Newman's unconventional methods for boosting ratings... Funnyman "Weird" Al Yankovic stars in this comedy as George Newman, a man who takes over a low-rent TV station won by his uncle in a poker game. Newman's unconventional methods for boosting ratings include giving the station's janitor his own children's program -- with spectacularly successful results. Complications ensue when the unscrupulous head of a rival network tries to drive Newman off the air, but there's still plenty of time out for fantasy music video segments and TV bits which showcase Yankovic's talents as a parodist. [More]

Starring: "Weird Al" Yankovic, Victoria Jackson, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Richards

Starring: "Weird Al" Yankovic, Victoria Jackson, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Richards, Fran Drescher, Emo Philips, David Bowe, Stan Brock, Gedde Watanabe, Billy Barty, John Paragon, Sue Ane Langdon, David Proval, Grant James, Jay Levey, Nik Hagler

Director: Jay Levey

Director: Jay Levey

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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 has some of the best dumb guy humor around.

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08/26/09
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
BrianOrndorf.com

I liked it even after all those years

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03/08/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is

No review available.

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02/29/08
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Goatdog's Movies

No review available.

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10/24/07
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed
N/R

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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

Forgettable Weird Al starrer...enUHF, please!

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12/24/05
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

No review available.

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08/19/05
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

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06/06/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

No review available.

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02/07/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

"Today, we're teaching poodles how to fly!" Michael Richards is hilarious.

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12/18/04
Michael A. Smith
Michael A. Smith
Nolan's Pop Culture Review

Watchably amusing, nothing more.

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11/22/04
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
N/R

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08/30/04
Stephen Holden
Stephen Holden
New York Times
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07/28/04
Daniel M. Kimmel
Daniel M. Kimmel
Worcester Telegram & Gazette

If the idea of a Weird Al movie is anathema to you, just don't bother reading anything I write, ever.

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06/24/04
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
New Times

No review available.

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07/29/03
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

No review available.

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07/17/03
Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell
Movie Views

Weird Al again proves himself the king of skit, spoof and everything in between

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04/27/03
Clint Morris
Clint Morris
Moviehole
N/R

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03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
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Austin Chronicle

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02/17/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Scattershot satire

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01/05/03
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette
 
 
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