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The Room

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A successful banker's (Tommy Wiseau) fiancee (Juliette Danielle) tempts and manipulates his best friend (Greg Sestero).
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A bona fide classic of midnight cinema, Tommy Wiseau's misguided masterpiece subverts the rules of filmmaking with a boundless enthusiasm that renders such mundanities as acting, screenwriting, and cinematography utterly irrelevant. You will never see a football the same way again.

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Nick Schager The Daily Beast It is, in short, the ne plus ultra of crap. A trash masterpiece. Nov 29, 2017 Full Review Jason Bailey Flavorwire If there is a 21st-century Edward D. Wood Jr., it is probably Tommy Wiseau. Jun 18, 2016 Full Review Chris Stuckmann ChrisStuckmann.com Trust me, you've gotta check this thing out at least once, especially if you like football. Rated: F Apr 17, 2015 Full Review Paul Emmanuel Enicola Movie-Blogger.com It takes a special kind of ‘bad’ to gain a cult following, let alone a film that tries a little too hard. And for all its intents and purposes, “The Room” is that movie. Rated: 0.5/5 Aug 24, 2024 Full Review Ray Pride Newcity I bet Wiseau’s first feature could make Ed Wood’s bones dance... The level of genius necessary to emulate authentic incompetence would approach Borgesian heights: there will be no pastiche called “Pierre Menard, Director of ‘The Room." Rated: 3/10 Nov 19, 2023 Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills An earnest yuppie take on Arthur Milleresque soul searching, as conceived by a space alien with very little grasp on ordinary human behavior... Jun 8, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Josh Suarez Watched it with a live Q&A with Greg Sestero. Awesome time! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/22 Full Review Fallopia Tuba Oh, it sucked! It was a terrible movie about horrible people doing awful things to each other! At the same time it was a breathtaking travelogue of San Francisco, so that was something. But otherwise, the movie had no redeeming qualities—but at least I fully expected that. Put it in the "so bad it's good" category I'd probably see it again, if only for the camp value. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/11/21 Full Review Kay It’s so bad that it’s good Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/26/21 Full Review Crystal Z Tommy Wiseau may be a genius -- this was hilariously poorly written, yet it was such a clear expression and very memorable. I can only assume he was cheated on, wrote a 600-page novel about it, and made a $6mil movie to cope. With the ending written in as it is, it seems he will never be over it. It seemed like everyone wanted to f* his girl, even a child he acted like a father to. He seemed to be an upstanding, perfect partner and victim because he repeatedly makes sure we know that Mark believes him to be his best friend, his girlfriend's mother thinks she should stay with him, and his girlfriend isn't in love with him. Because his girlfriend cheats on him, she must be a sociopath! BTW, sex scenes must always have the R&B music, regardless of what it does to the tone of the message. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/28/25 Full Review Marce S Terrible and wonderful at the same time. It gives hopeless artists a some hope to at least be able to be memed if they do not success to become intelectuals. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/13/25 Full Review Michael L The Room is truly terrible in every sense of Cinema. However, if there's one analogy that best describes it's cult-like follwing, it's that of a wide eyed gawker rolling by a 5 car pile-up looking for bodies. You can't help but look at the on-screen horrible acting and ask the question; "do they realize how terrible they are?" Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 08/30/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A successful banker's (Tommy Wiseau) fiancee (Juliette Danielle) tempts and manipulates his best friend (Greg Sestero).
Director
Tommy Wiseau
Screenwriter
Tommy Wiseau
Distributor
Wiseau-Films, Chloë Productions, TPW Films
Production Co
TPW Films, Chloe Productions, Wiseau-Films
Rating
R (Brief Violence|Sexuality|Language)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 27, 2003, Limited
Runtime
1h 39m