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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 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. Rated: 3.5/4 Sep 5, 2018 Full Review Carrie Rickey Truthdig Franco's film is disappointing and more than a little patronizing. Dec 14, 2017 Full Review Ryan Gilbey New Statesman It's entertaining, if framed and cut a touch manically. Dec 12, 2017 Full Review Benedict Seal Vague Visages 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. Dec 5, 2023 Full Review Vadim Rizov Filmmaker Magazine 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... Jan 11, 2023 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review 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. Rated: 3/4 Mar 17, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Craig H 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. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/24/25 Full Review Paul S 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! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/28/25 Full Review Audience Member Very Entertaining, Great Acting compared to the film it's about. It some how makes the original better. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/04/25 Full Review Just Some G Fantastic Film that’s all I gotta say. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/02/25 Full Review Horror fan 4 What a brilliant idea for a movie. Absolutely hilarious and James Franco was great. Tim Treakle Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/12/25 Full Review Sjehehe D Awesome. One of the best comedies ever. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/25/25 Full Review 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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