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The Disaster Artist

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The incredible true story of aspiring filmmaker and Hollywood outsider Tommy Wiseau as he and his best friend defiantly pursue their dreams and embark on the hilarious odyssey of making the now-infamous, cult classic "The Room."
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Oh, hai Mark. The Disaster Artist is a surprisingly poignant and charming movie-about-a-movie that explores the creative process with unexpected delicacy.

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Robert Daniels 812filmreviews 09/05/2018
3.5/4
The Room falls under the category of "so bad it's good." The Disaster Artist, directed by James Franco, looks to capture everything that went wrong, and a few things that miraculously went right. Go to Full Review
Carrie Rickey Truthdig 12/14/2017
Franco's film is disappointing and more than a little patronizing. Go to Full Review
Ryan Gilbey New Statesman 12/12/2017
It's entertaining, if framed and cut a touch manically. Go to Full Review
Benedict Seal Vague Visages 12/05/2023
The film is an innocent love song to the movies and all its crazy quirks. The Hollywood dream lives on proudly in The Disaster Artist. Go to Full Review
Vadim Rizov Filmmaker Magazine 01/11/2023
Disaster Artist is a one-joke movie, and that joke is a person, but it’s a very good joke abetted by a very good supporting cast (including Seth Rogen doing his spot-on thing) and the fringe period details... Go to Full Review
Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 03/17/2022
3/4
Capturing the same balance of admiration, mockery, and craft as Tim Burton's Ed Wood (1994), Franco's film pays homage to a cinematic rarity. Go to Full Review
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chelsea S. @stuffandthings123 Dec 29 love this movie. great acting, love the subject matter and how niche it feels. has a great flow and even funny at times. definitely recommend this movie See more Thomas S Sep 10 Better than the original. Insanely entertaining. See more Craig H @DownWeGo Jun 24 James Franco's performance is the best part of the movie, the humour mostly didnt work for me, it didnt really delve into Tommy the man much as hes so private so it limited the movie and it was pretty surface level. However it's well made it does try atleast to show us the enigma that is Tommy and his kind of sad delusion of grandeur and the good and bad of him that eventually churned out this crazy cult movie, the parts reenacted from The Room itself where pretty funny. See more Paul S May 28 This is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. The fact that everything in the movie is based off of a true story is absolutely wonderful to me, and James Franco's performance as the enigmatically ridiculous Tommy Wiseau was pure comedy. I definitely recommend this for comedy and drama fans! See more Apr 4 Very Entertaining, Great Acting compared to the film it's about. It some how makes the original better. See more Just Some G Apr 2 Fantastic Film that’s all I gotta say. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis The incredible true story of aspiring filmmaker and Hollywood outsider Tommy Wiseau as he and his best friend defiantly pursue their dreams and embark on the hilarious odyssey of making the now-infamous, cult classic "The Room."
Director
James Franco
Producer
James Franco, Evan Goldberg, Vince Jolivette, Seth Rogen, James Weaver
Screenwriter
Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber
Distributor
A24
Production Co
Good Universe, New Line Cinema, Rabbit Bandini Productions, Point Grey
Rating
R (Some Sexuality/Nudity|Language Throughout)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 8, 2017, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 17, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$21.1M
Runtime
1h 43m
Sound Mix
Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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