Makes you want to see The Room again

Rating: 9/10 (14 December 2017)

Eccentric filmmaker Tommy Wiseau and his best friend, actor Greg Sestero move to L.A. and try to live the Hollywood dream by making their very own feature film, but end up embarking on a wildly unpredictable and unforgettable production.
This leads to one of the most infamous, bizarre, and beloved midnight movies of all time, The Room........
The Room is an unmitigated disaster on all accounts, and here, in the U.K, it's very hard to find this film. It's currently unavailable on any form of hard media, and it's never had a theatrical release, albeit for the odd midnight screening at novelty cinemas.
So apart from the films legacy, you'd be hard pressed to find somebody who would appreciate the presence of Franco playing Wiseau down to a tee.
But this is from Sestros point of view, and as much as Franco mark 2 excels as the wannabe star, it was always inevitable that James was always going to be the reason to watch this.
In front and behind of the camera, Franco mark 1 has ironically, made his masterpiece, not only does he portray Wiseau as a sociopathic, mythical, almost pantomime villain character, but he also gives him an uplifting, inspirational edge, especially during the first act where everything is a pipe dream.
The second act is where the beast of Wiseau is revealed, powerful, sadistic, and borderline mentally unstable. This is where Franco is at his peak, because although he shows all these traits, Wiseau is nothing more than an innocent, trying to reach his goal, and although hi allegedly has a bank account 'like a bottomless pit', he keeps going and going, despite his erratic behaviour.
Whatever people think of The Room, Wiseau went all out and chased his dream, and no matter how it turned out, he did it, the man actually did it, and now he's a pseudo-legend in the industry, and it's ironic that not only has he made one of the most ridiculed films of all time, the man will never make anything as memorable.
That's food for thought.
It's a brilliant piece, hilarious, uplifting, bittersweet, inspiring, and one of the best films of the year.
Stay after the credits, for one of the best stingers of all time.