UHF is very light-hearted and it isn't complex at all. Visual gags come fast, and it's impossible to catch them all! I thought UHF was cute and not bad at all. Filled with charm, innocence and satire -- a nice mix. From an artistic standpoint, there were some plot elements and character developments I didn't think were totally needed. They do however drive the story, which seemed to be their purpose, so I can accept them. The effects are very good for 1989. Yankovic is also a musician who pokes fun at other musicians by rearranging the lyrics to their songs, I am told by friends and family who insist he's a funny guy.

Weird Al is funny. He's also smart and generally respectful to audiences of all ages. Yet he succeeds in light cynicism aimed at those things that annoy us-like commercials, cheesy TV shows and exaggerated scenes in movies. Back in those days, we still had two band selections on the TV and VHF was where all the good programming was. UHF had a lot of channels but only a few were used and people did not switch to UHF often unless they wanted to watch a community channel, church service, foreign language show or some other oddity. You need to understand this before you watch the movie so ask someone older if you are young. Given that, it is a pretty funny idea for a movie and the mock commercials and TV shows are a laugh. True to name, Al finds lots of weird people to play parts in the movie and work with him-some with a touch of late 80's nerdity about them as well. It had a few stretches-like I cannot see a whole bar captivated by a low IQ person lecturing the value of character over a mop. But heck, just like a bum who asks you for change and then gives you back an equal amount of dollars to the coins you gave him, UHF will return your money's worth.

Let me start off by saying I am an AVID Weird Al fan. I have all his albums, I know most of his songs by heart, backwards and forwards. I can name every member of his band and I sincerely cried the day his parents were found dead in their home.THAT said, let's discuss UHF.This movie is AWFUL. It's not funny, it's poorly written, and it seems to go on forever. The best part - by FAR - is the guy who throws poodles out his window in an attempt to make them fly. There. Was that funny? Not really? Of course not. Because it's not funny. Michael Richards isn't funny either, in fact, he's hard to watch. I can only stand seeing a grown man act like a retard for about... well, three seconds, tops. And he's in this for what feels like hours upon hours.I love you, Weird Al. You're a good man and a truly talented comedian. But UHF absolutely sucks balls.

I just finished watching the film today for my first time and i have to say it was an enjoyable film. I have been a fan of Weird Al since I was 11 or 12 years old and I consider him one of my favorite actors and singers. I was very excited to finally see Al's only film and I wish he could have done more. Of course he could still do movies today but if "UHF" had become popular Weird Al could have been in many more films afterwards. Anyway, let me get to the review.So this film is basically a comedy film that tries to parody popular movies throughout the film. It is kind of like a classic Epic Movie or Scary Movie but much, much better. I didn't find everything funny, in fact some of the "comedy" was just stupid. Thankfully, there were funny moments that I will never forget. The oriental karate guy was hilarious and the spatula city and the buzzsaw scene were pretty funny. The first Uncle Nutzie scene made me laugh because Weird Al and the clown made me have a genuine feeling of sorrow for them because of how bad they failed. Of course, that scene was hilarious as well. There were of course absurd scenes that absolutely was unneeded and there was some below average acting but overrall this was a good movie that i will probably be watching again and again. If Weird Al was not in this film it would have been complete garbage, just saying.