Apr 19, 20214 min read

The Room: Tommy Wiseau's Masterpiece

Updated: Feb 12, 2023

Reviews by:

@the_owlseyes
@augustkellerwrites

RATE THIS MOVIE

Oh hi reader, I didn't know was you! This is bad, but another level of bad. I don't know how they pulled it off with $6 million. Just think about it, Moonlight, the 2017 Oscar Winning Movie, was made with $4 million, and Rocky, with a million. But this is the twist: it's cosidered "the Citizen Kane of bad movies", which is another way of saying that it overpowers every major Hollywood stinker, like Shyamalan's The Last Airbender,

Schumacher's Batman & Robin and Kevin Costner's Waterworld. The premise of this movie is so simple but the execution is what makes it a gem. When you're going to watch, because I think that is a moral duty, don't overthink it, because I'll do it for you now.

PLOT

"Johnny is a successful bank executive who lives quietly in a San Francisco townhouse with his fiancée, Lisa. One day, putting aside any scruple, she seduces Johnny's best friend, Mark. From there, nothing will be the same again" or "A drama which goes to the dogs".

SCRIPT

It's awful.

There isn't any kind of character development because there're too many players and none of them receive a correct representation. A lot of them appear randomly in Johnny's flat, like it's always open. There're storylines which are thrown at you and then abandoned. The people in this movie act without any consistency, which will make you think that everyone is a villain. It's all so random that explaining it with a straight face seems impossible. Some scenes seems to imply that there's an hidden idea but you don't understand if it's intentional. Like: women are attracted only by rich guys, women corrupt friendships, men are gullible beings who prefer to have sex with their best friend's wife rather than honouring their relationship, drugs are bad but they're not if someone will pay your debt, being a psychologist doesn't allow you to pychoanalize other people,....

And now it's time to overthink. This are the theories about the movie: Johnny and Mark murdered Chris-R, Mark was Undercover, Johnny is really a vampire, the movie was intentionally bad. I hope that it's the vampire's one, to have a shitty crossover with Twilight

Script: 2/10

ACTING

Everyone tries so hard to be good but it's clear that none cared about it. It's cringy and cheesy. It's strange that a 2000's movie seems more like a 80's movie. Tommy Wiseau is what makes this movie awesome. His acting is of the weirdest kind. And it's not just about that. It's accent is off putting because it's hard to understand the origin of it. He says that he is from New Orleans but no one really knows who he is and how old is he. He's like Gatsby but bad, beautifully bad.

Acting: 1/10

PHOTOGRAPHY

The light is off the chart in a lot of scenes but the shots are adequate enough, considering the budget. Casual water stream during awkward sex scenes and shots made just to see Tommy's butt. There seems to be the basics but it's not enough to say that it's good.

Photography: 4/10

EDITING

A lot of cuts happens suddenly. There're random cuts of johnny walking around Los Angeles or the Vincent Thomas Bridge, back and forth. There's nothing interesting or innovative, which makes it boring. The nosense is not at the level of Who Killed Captai Alex? but it's there.

Editing: 4/10

SPECIAL EFFECTS

The movie required one special effect, which was unnecessary, and it failed miserably at it: the roof is an obvious green screen. You'll notice it.

Special Effects: 1/1

SOUNDTRACK

It's cheesy and the sex scene's songs seems more fit for a 90's porno movie.

Soundtrack: 1/10

COSTUMES

Apart from Tommy style choices, everything seems normal. Lisa is the only girl who wears a little scanty clothes but not that much to say that he's done to objectify her.

Costumes: 5/10

CONCLUSION

Script: 2/10

Acting: 1/10

Photography: 4/10

Editing: 4/10

Special Effects: 1/10

Soundtrack: 1/10

Costumes: 5/10

AVERAGE: 2,57

This movie will change your life. I just advise you to see it with friends and beer to appreciate it more. It's a blessing for mankind and everyone has to know about it. Spread the word and perpetuate Wiseau's legacy for ages.

"Because he's the hero the world deserves, but not the one it needs right now. So we'll joke about him. Because he can take it. Because he's not our hero. He's a weird man, a genial mind. A Tommy Wiseau"

By @the_owlseyes

RATE THIS REVIEW

The Room is famously terrible. First, it’s amazing how the dialogue nonsensically bounces around topics yet also repeats earlier conversations, going everywhere and nowhere at once. Meanwhile, entire scenes are unrelated to the narrative while other scenes are copies of previous moments. Plot points are introduced and instantly abandoned. Characters' actions are inconsistent and illogical. This is amplified by the fascinatingly bad acting, particularly Tommy Wiseau's. His energy level is often inappropriate and his transitions between emotional beats are comically unnatural.

From a technical standpoint, The Room has slight merit but only in a relative sense. The sound design is okay, but audio effects are overused and Tommy's dubbing is hilariously unconvincing. The camera framing mostly captures its subjects, but sometimes action is outside the shot. The musical mood is usually in the correct ballpark, but the end credits song is an R&B ballad that doesn't match. Lastly, the production design looks like actual sets, but they’re cheap and poorly dressed. Ultimately, The Room is a symphony of disasters that is quite fun to laugh at. It's not for everyone and it’s certainly not conventionally good, but The Room is a glorious wreck.

Writing: 0/10

Direction: 0/10

Cinematography: 1/10

Acting: 0/10

Editing: 1/10

Sound: 1/10

Score/Soundtrack: 2/10

Production Design: 1/10

Casting: 0/10

Effects: 0/10

Overall Score: 0.6/10

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