UHF

Name: UHF
Duration: 1 h 37 min
Rating: 5

1hr 37m

1hr 37m
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3.5/5 (13.6K)
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An unemployed visionary becomes the manager of a local television station. The station becomes a success, with all sorts of hilarious sight gags and wacky… More Details »

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Jay Levey

Producer:

John W. Hyde, Gene Kirkwood

Writer:

'Weird Al' Yankovic, Charles Holloway

Release Date:

Jan 1, 1989

Runtime:

1hr 37m

Synopsis

An unemployed visionary becomes the manager of a local television station. The station becomes a success, with all sorts of hilarious sight gags and wacky humor.

Cast

'Weird Al' Yankovic
Victoria Jackson
Kevin McCarthy
Michael Richards
David Bowe
Stanley Brock
Anthony Geary
Trinidad Silva
Gedde Watanabe
Billy Barty

Letterboxd User Reviews

3.5

RATINGS 915 FANS

3.5

What if we kissed at Spatula City 🥺 👉👈

1.5K Likes

James (Schaffrillas)

Aug 16, 2015

The scene where Stanley yells, "Please don't take my mop — it's all I've got left!" is the saddest scene in all of cinema.

1.2K Likes

Parker

Sep 23, 2023

history’s greatest geniuses: leonardo da vinci. michelangelo. weird al.

1.1K Likes

sarah squirm
Sep 24, 2016

This was the box office Top 10 on the weekend UHF was released in July of 1989: 1. Lethal Weapon 2 2. Batman 3. When Harry Met Sally... 4. Licence To Kill (James Bond) 5. Peter Pan (Disney re-release) 6. Dead Poets Society 7. Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade 8.…

721 Likes

MajorMajor22

Aug 14, 2021

My parents went to Spatula City and all I got was these lousy lesbian nazi hookers abducted by UFOs and forced into weight-loss programs.

665 Likes

CinemaVoid 🏴‍☠️

Dec 1, 2017

I’ve been watching this since I was five years old and I’ve still never seen a better joke than when the evil cable guy tells his crony to take that ridiculous thing off and he takes off his mustache instead of his goofy hat.

563 Likes

Pube
Nov 4, 2022

Gun control is for wimps and commies. Listen, let’s get one thing straight. Guns don’t kill people. I do. Omg. Instant favorite

460 Likes

Sydney🚀

Mar 6, 2023

Weird Al's Videodrome. Al has always been an exceptional, rapid-fire pastiche artist overdosed on Mad Magazine and chintzy radio comedy but sketch comedy is incredibly hard to maintain at feature length and this has many of the same imperfections most of those who attempt…

352 Likes

Josh Lewis

May 17, 2024

wait hang on I wanted to hear about those lesbian nazi hookers abducted by aliens and forced into weight loss programs

318 Likes

Evasive

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Atom Users Reviews

5.0

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Ben Malsky

#lol

#clever

#original

Metacritic

metacritic

Based on 11 Critics

8.1

USER SCORE (52)

Universal acclaim based on 52 Reviews

The result is a very unfunny movie. It's routine, predictable, and dumb - real dumb.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Gamely running through parodies of TV commercials and shows, not to mention Spielberg, Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Selznick, and Gandhi, the movie proves to be awful by any standards--feeble, corny, and labored in script as well as direction--although the Capracorn of the basic premise occasionally manages to convey a certain sweetness.

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is UHF (1989) family-friendly?

The movie has been rated as PG-13, meaning that some material may be considered inappropriate for children under 13.

How long is UHF (1989)?

The movie is 1hr 37min long.

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