The Disaster Artist

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The Disaster Artist

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2017

1h 43m

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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

Sep 5, 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.

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Carrie Rickey

Truthdig

Dec 14, 2017

Franco's film is disappointing and more than a little patronizing.

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Ryan Gilbey

New Statesman

Dec 12, 2017

It's entertaining, if framed and cut a touch manically.

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Benedict Seal

Vague Visages

Dec 5, 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.

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

Jan 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...

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Brian Eggert

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Mar 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.

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Meri S

@mschroeder Nov 2, 2026

I was clueless about the movie The Room prior to watching the telling of this unlikely friendship and the making of this cult classic. So I walked away learning about something new to me. This movie seemed to do it justice, esp watching the side by side clips of the original movie with the reenactment.

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Raquel Z

@RT62903138 Sep 8, 2026

I can understand why this is a cult classic. It takes a cult to like something like this.

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Mr B

@GoodMoviesEnjoyer Jul 17, 2026

I really enjoyed it :)

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MC R

@RT91491190 Jun 5, 2026

I had to rewatch this movie at some point after I did rewatch The Room a while ago! A movie about one of the worst movies ever made! The sounds weird but The Room is a big cult hit! I love the movie The Room, not because it's so good. But because it's so bad it's funny! Tommy Wiseau is a mysterious and weird guy! James Franco did an amazing job as Tommy Wiseau, even he's weird laugh! In general it's fun to see a movie about how a bad movie is made.

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Kate T.

@ckat9 Jun 3, 2026

This truly captures what it's most often like making a small independent film. While it's quite hilarious at times, it was also sad because my heart would go out to Tony. Even though he grew to be quite unlikable, I understood his pain and could also laugh shamelessly at his antics and oddities. ImJames Franco did an exceptional job at embodying this man's psyche and emotional baggage, not to mention all the physicality, strange accent, and speech impediment. Bravo! I have not seen the original cult film that this is portraying the making of. But I love that they show the scenes side-by-side at the very end so you can see what a great job they did re-creating them from the actual movie. All the acting performances were spot-on in this version. I don't know about the original, but it was thoroughly enjoyable, filled with laughs... anyone who is thinking of going to Hollywood to try and make a career in film, watch this before you go!

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Jack F

@MovieFan111 May 10, 2026

You need to watch The Room first in order to really appreciate this movie. Since I did, enjoyed this much more than not knowing anything about it. The concept was a really cool thing to see, and it really brought the cast of The Room alive. I'm so glad I watched it. This thing's A24?!

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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: 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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