Fantastic

Rating: 10/10 (11 January 2018)

I must be honest when I say I have never seen "The Room" and when watching this movie I though plenty of times about how I wouldn't be able to get some of the jokes and events that are occurring. But by the end of the movie, I realized I didn't need to, I loved this movie, and it is the best film I saw of 2017. First of all, there is James Franco, who kills it in this movie, you can tell that he has respect for Tommy Wiseau in his performance and how he wants to be as accurate as possible in this performance. I felt like he was actually Wiseau himself. The rest of the performances are phenomenal as well. Dave Franco, Seth Rogen, and all of the rest of the cast are great at what they do. However what also must be stated is the content of the movie itself, because when you look back at the reputation of "The Room" and how this movie was made, you realize how easy this movie could have been made. It would've been so easy to take cheap shots at Wiseau and bash on the room by saying how it is going to be so bad and how it ended up being that bad, but the movie doesn't do that. The movie goes in the direction of the why of Wiseau, about how he was not accepted by most of society and decides to make a movie to prove to everybody that he is worth something, which is a really powerful message. Granted, you do get some laughs in this movie, because the movie does highlight the absurd production process of the film, but this movie has layers, and when given these layers, you not only a have comedy telling the stories of production, but you have a heartwarming tale of friendship, struggle, success, and ultimately acceptance, and you walk out of the theater liking the movie more as you think about it. This was the best film I saw in 2017. 10/10