Originally marketed as a serious drama "with the spirit of Tennessee Williams, The Room was such a spectacular failure in all aspects that it achieved ‘so bad it’s good’ cult status and now is advertised as “black comedy” due to the unintentionally hilarious nature of the film.
An American black comedy about love and passion, betrayal and lies. It depicts the depths of friendship and relationships in one’s life and raises life’s real and most asked question: “Can you ever really trust anyone?…Are you ready to see reflections of your life?” A successful banker, Johnny, is madly in love with his fiancé, Lisa, and plans to be married next month. His plans take a horrid turn when he finds the truth about Lisa and the people surrounding him.
Tommy Wiseau is an actor, writer and filmmaker, who made the cult hit film The Room, which has screened in Los Angeles since 2003. The film is about a love triangle between a man, his fiance, and his best friend. While some call the film melodramatic, Wiseau promotes the film as a black comedy. —http://www.mahalo.com/tommy-wiseau
Obvs fun, weird and dumb-as-fuck but kinda obvious when compared to other cult classics. White frat boys eat this shit up cause it makes them feel intelligent and savvy, "omg bro this is SO bad HAHAHA holy shit man this makes no sense". Duh dude, relax your flaps. But its just a particularly odd vanity project gone viral. Its cute and all but there's better and weirder 'bad cinema' out there to be discovered.
I wish there was a way to give this film both 1-star and 5-stars at the same time.
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