the_doofy This movie has evolved into being a 80s culture fest, watching the movie w/ Al Y doing comments, its pretty obvious he never really realized what is achieved with this movie. Since there was never anything else movie wise done by Weird Al, its indicative of what his perception of this gem was.There isn't a lot the 'bonus material' comments add for this culture immersion experience movie in terms of the 80s, which is too bad, they missed the boat a little on that.I watch this thing once every few years, and always get some laughs out of it.

capone666 UHFThe hardest part of running a TV station is finding shows offensive enough to incense viewers into tuning in every week to disparage them.Fortunately, the bulk of Channel 62's programming is odious enough to keep viewers shaking their fists at the screen for hours. After his friend (David Bowe) and him, are fired from yet another dead-end job, George (Weird Al Yankovic) finally gets a break when his uncle (Stanley Brock) hires him to run a dilapidated television station that he won in a card game.Given carte blanche with the channel, George makes some immediate changes, including promoting the secretary (Fran Drescher) to reporter, and the janitor (Michael Richards) to children's show host.Weird Al's surreal parody of the visual medium, UHF bends comedy in preposterous ways, with beneficial results.However, it's unnerving to be watching television shows without having advertisements creeping across the bottom of the screen. (Green Light) vidiotreviews.blogspot.ca

gavin6942 Generally I rate a film on its technical merits, acting, directing and so on... but here I am giving the film an 8 despite the fact the acting is cheesy and there is nothing really amazing about the directing or effects.This is just a good, fun movie that spoofs a lot of old movies and tells a lighthearted tale at the same time. Michael Richards -- before "Seinfeld " -- makes a fascinating character out of Stanley Spadowski, and Weird Al is just being himself, which is all he has to do.I think the film is a bit funnier if you get the references... there are obvious ones like "Rambo" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark", but a surprising amount of older references (such as "Treasure of the Sierra Madre") that many younger viewers may not aware of.

cafm I recently bought and watched the DVD of UHF, which I had not seen since its initial release, and my partner and I had such a fun time watching the stoopid antics of "Weird Al" and gang. As if that wasn't enough, we switched over to the version dubbed into German and watched the whole thing again. Neither of us speak German, nor did we need to. Jay Levey's direction is so well-executed that even without the dialogue, its clear what is happening. I played the film in German at the video store I work at it got a huge response. Pretty much EVERYONE wanted to borrow a copy. YOU MUST TRY THIS! IT'S HILARIOUS! The German actors who lend their voices seem to really understand the comic style of the film because their intonation and emphasis is side-splittingly spot on and even funnier than the original English! Yankovic is no actor and it shows, but hearing his voice dubbed by a professional actor really lifts the material. The DVD also contains versions dubbed into French, Italian and Spanish - which are fun, though not as funny - but this perhaps gives audiences a better indication of the broad appeal of this film. Buy it. Watch it. Laugh out loud!