WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY

Nov. 4 on Roku

“Weird” Al Yankovic, the master of genius song parodies for the past 40 years, reveals his twisted, hysterical history . . . sort of. “The filmmakers took a kernel of truth from Al’s life and turned it into something insane,” says Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), who plays Weird Al. Translation? A traveling salesman really did come to his parents’ home and offer a young Yankovic the chance to learn the accordion, but “I feel like it’s important to say the real Al Yankovic never killed multiple people, like he does here!”

Behind the Scenes Radcliffe lip-syncs Yankovic’s hits such as “Eat It” and “My Bologna,” because his focus “was learning the choreography for the dance numbers,” he says. (He also learned to play the accordion well enough “to get by.”)

Why It’s Golden “It’s everything you would expect out of a Weird Al biopic,” Radcliffe says. “Making this film was one delightful, surreal moment after the other.”