Not another bad movie

Rating: 6/10 (12 September 2018)

James Franco co-wrote, directed and stars in The Disaster Artist. It is a one note film of a mysterious narcissist Tommy Wiseau who thinks he is a great actor and filmmaker.
Wiseau looks like an archetypal villain but he wants to be a Shakespearean lead. Hamlet when he would be perfect as Caliban.
Greg Sestero (Dave Franco) is an untalented actor who hooks up with Tommy in an acting course. With their careers going nowhere they move to LA and Tommy has the idea of making his own movie and funding it himself. Greg goes along with it.
Instead of renting equipment such as film cameras, Tommy has money to buy it. The crew involved in making the film are surprised when their cheques are actually cashed.
Tommy is an intense filmmaker like his idol Alfred Hitchcock. Tommy is also inept. The script, the acting and everything else about the film called The Room is laughably poor.
The joke is that this is a true story. The Room was a flop, entirely funded by Tommy Wiseau and it attracted a subsequent cult following.
The film lacks the charm of a film such as Ed Wood, another movie about a bad filmmaker. It is amusing though with several funny and bizarre moments.
James Franco gives a great performance and it is a surprise he was not nominated for Best Actor.
We never did find out where Tommy Wiseau's accent is from, how old he is and where disd his money come from?