Not so much to offer if you're already a fan

Rating: 6/10 (27 February 2018)

This film is lovingly made and it's clear that everyone involved was both having fun and giving it their best. It is a good film, no doubt.
As a long-time follower of The Room's growing cult status, however, who thoroughly enjoyed reading Greg Sestero's book, I didn't feel this added much to the fun I'd already had watching the original film and reading about how it was made.
The preformances were good - both Franco brothers stood up to the challenges - James's impression of Tommy Wiseau was spot on. The story told is coherent and there is some degrgee of emotional progression, as the two main characters' friendship goes thrrough all of its phases. It is also cool how they managed such a faithful recreation of scenes from the original film.
That said, and while acknowledging the professionalism and expertise of the creators of this film, I can safely say I've had more fun watching fan-made tributes to The Room on youtube. I am aware of this sounding a bit hipstery ("we loved The Room before it was cool"), but to older fans this film was probably a bit like hearing someone from your group of friends trying to explain an inside joke to an outsider: it's good to hear again about how a joke you're very familiar with came to be, and it's nice to let more people in on it, but it's not a new or memorable experience.
My guess is that the viewers who are going to enjoy this the most are those who are just discovering the brilliant weirdness of The Room and its creator, and who haven't yet read Sestero's book. It's probably not ideal for anyone too familiar or too unfamiliar with the source material.