UHF
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- 69/100 based on 30,320 votes
  • Released: 1989
  • Runtime: 97 mins
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  • Studio: Orion Pictures
  • Genres: Comedy

George Newman is a daydreamer whose hyperactive imagination keeps him from holding a steady job. His uncle decides George would be the perfect man to manage Channel 62, a television station which is losing money and viewers fast. When George replaces the station's reruns with bizarre programs such as "Stanley Spadowski's Clubhouse", "Wheel of Fish" and "Raul's Wild Kingdom", ratings begin to soar again. Mean-spirited and cynical mogul R.J. Fletcher becomes furious that the UH... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in UHF:

'Weird Al' Yankovic
Kevin McCarthy
Michael Richards
David Bowe
Stanley Brock
Anthony Geary

Full Plot Details

George Newman is a daydreamer whose hyperactive imagination keeps him from holding a steady job. His uncle decides George would be the perfect man to manage Channel 62, a television station which is losing money and viewers fast. When George replaces the station's reruns with bizarre programs such as "Stanley Spadowski's Clubhouse", "Wheel of Fish" and "Raul's Wild Kingdom", ratings begin to soar again. Mean-spirited and cynical mogul R.J. Fletcher becomes furious that the UHF station is getting better ratings than his network's programming. Because of gambling debts, the uncle is forced to consider selling the station to Fletcher, who would only too happily shut it down (he cannot legally own two stations in the same town). George and his friends organize a 48-hour telethon to raise the money by selling investment stock from Channel 62 to save the town's new favorite station.

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Apollo Guide - 9/10 by Scott WeinbergIf the plot structure of UHF leaves something to be desired, that's okay because we're offered a mostly hilarious series of Saturday Night Live-style television parodies.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) - 8/10 by Rick GroenYankovic fails to come up with anything new to freshen the stock storyline, and is content instead to let it serve as a creaky showcase for his forte, media parodies. But even the quality of these parodies is inconsistent, with the movie and music takeoffs being obvious and out of date.
Under the Radar - 8/10 by Austin TrunickThe individual parts may be greater than the sum of the whole, but man, are those parts funny.
The Dissolve - 6/10 by Noel MurrayIt's agreeably goofy, and it feels like something anyone could do, even if that's not the case.
Washington Post - 6/10 by Rita KempleyYankovic, an advocate of the Monty Python and Mel Brooks schools of comedy, favors yechy burlesque, and UHF, with its scant plot, is basically a variety show with skits, sight gags and gross stuff. "Weird" reminds us there's nothing quite like a good booger joke for pure entertainment.
Washington Post - 5/10 by Desson HoweUHF is not a uniformly funny experience, unless you have to wear a bib and tend to laugh at anything, such as sudden gusts of wind. Yankovic, co-writing with manager Jay Levey (who also directed), goes for gag after gag. Some hit, some miss. You laugh, you cry.
Wall Street Journal - 4/10 by Julie SalamonThe result is a very unfunny movie. It's routine, predictable, and dumb - real dumb.
Chicago Reader - 4/10 by Jonathan RosenbaumGamely 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.
User Review - 10/10 by Marc LThe best comedy the 80's had to offer AND that would not mind looking at again.
User Review - 10/10 by Evan MA cult classic, the silly humor in this movie just hits the spot like a good meal. One of my favorite movies.

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