The film is a story of friendship between Tommy and Gregg as well as the filming of The Room and a zany comedy.

Rating: 9/10 (10 December 2017)

The Disaster Artist: "I don't want a career, I want a planet". So says Tommy Wiseau, Director/Producer/Writer of The Room, arguably the worst movie ever made. The film opens with Tommy (James Franco) literally climbing the walls in an acting class. He convinces a fellow student in the class, Gregg Sestero (Dave Franco) to move to Los Angeles with him, to become stars.
Gregg makes minor progress but Tommy's total lack of talent and weird behaviour brings on disaster, he insists on performing Shakespeare when his acting coach tells him he would make a good villain or monster. He cannot accept rejection, when a movie producer tells him he could never succeed in a million years, he responds: "but after that?".
Undaunted, Tommy decides to make his own film, eventually producing an incoherent script for The Room in 2001 which will star himself and Gregg. Tommy's bizarre directing style alienates both actors and film crew. But pouring $6 million of his own money into the film he finishes it.
Tommy is an enigma, he claims to be from New Orleans but has an Eastern European accent. When he first meet Gregg, who is 19, he also claims that he is a teenager but looks 40. With his flowing long black hair he looks like Byron (think Gabriel Byrne in Gothic) or a Vampire (think Tom Griffith in John Carpenter's: Vampires). He has apartments in both San Francisco and Los Angeles, putting Gregg up for four years there. No one knows where Tommy's money cones from but as a bank teller comments, his account is a "bottomless pit".
The film is a story of friendship between Tommy and Gregg as well as the filming of The Room and a zany comedy. Tommy's behaviour has to be seen to be believed, incapable of altering or even modifying his accent, hamming up every scene. He is jealous of Greggs relationships because it means he gets less attention. But they are still friends today.
The film became a cult classic and even turned a profit eventually. Tommy went on to claim that he had always intended the film as a comedy rather than a serious drama.
James Franco deserves an Oscar for his portrayal of Tommy but this film may be too bizarre to attract the necessary attention.